Table 14_1_11-5c

2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 14_1_11.5c
Rating of 0–6 on a scale from 0 to 10 (best grade) of health care by adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months, by family income,^a United States, 2006
		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		13.9	0.4	21.5	1.3	18.6	1.0	14.9	0.8	10.3	0.6
Age	18–44	15.5	0.6	22.2	1.9	20.6	1.5	16.2	1.1	11.4	0.9
	45–64	14.1	0.7	26.6	2.4	20.1	1.7	15.2	1.3	10.7	0.8
	65 and over	10.1	0.7	11.5	1.6	14.6	1.8	11.0	1.5	6.2	1.0
Gender	Male	14.0	0.6	21.9	2.2	20.5	1.5	15.8	1.0	10.1	0.7
Gender	Female	13.8	0.5	21.2	1.5	17.3	1.2	14.2	1.0	10.4	0.7
Race	White, single race	12.9	0.4	20.7	1.6	17.3	1.1	14.1	0.8	9.7	0.6
	Black, single race	17.4	1.0	22.3	1.9	22.9	2.3	16.6	2.1	10.8	1.8
	Asian, single race	18.4	2.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	21.6	4.1	17.2	3.8
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	25.1	6.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	24.2	3.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	13.6	0.5	21.9	1.5	18.6	1.0	14.5	0.8	10.2	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, White	12.6	0.5	21.5	1.8	17.2	1.2	13.6	0.9	9.6	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	17.3	1.0	22.1	1.9	22.9	2.3	16.5	2.2	10.9	1.8
	Hispanic, all races	16.7	1.1	19.3	2.4	18.2	2.1	18.2	2.1	10.8	1.9
Education^b	Less than high school	19.1	0.9	22.9	1.7	20.1	1.6	19.2	1.7	12.6	2.1
	High school graduate	15.3	0.7	22.0	2.1	18.7	1.5	15.3	1.1	11.5	1.2
	At least some college	11.6	0.5	19.2	2.6	16.4	1.7	13.1	1.2	9.7	0.6
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	14.1	0.5	21.8	2.3	20.5	1.4	16.0	1.0	11.0	0.7
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	17.7	0.9	25.4	1.9	20.3	2.0	15.0	1.6	11.4	1.4
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	12.4	0.6	14.8	2.3	17.1	1.4	13.8	0.9	10.8	0.7
	Public only	24.8	1.4	25.9	2.1	23.2	2.3	27.6	3.2	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	25.1	1.6	32.1	3.3	26.1	2.9	24.3	3.0	17.2	3.4
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	12.2	1.6	12.9	3.1	19.5	2.8	9.5	2.5	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	8.0	0.8	8.6	2.6	10.7	2.2	10.1	1.7	5.6	1.0
	Medicare and other public	14.5	2.4	13.5	2.9	11.9	3.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	13.7	0.5	21.2	1.5	18.0	1.1	15.0	0.9	10.3	0.6
	Large central metro	15.0	0.8	21.3	2.3	18.4	1.9	17.4	1.6	11.0	1.0
	Large fringe metro	11.7	0.8	17.8	2.9	17.1	2.4	12.6	1.6	9.5	0.9
	Medium metro	14.0	1.0	21.4	2.4	18.6	1.9	14.4	1.6	10.5	1.4
	Small metro	14.2	1.2	26.8	4.5	17.1	2.7	14.8	2.6	9.8	1.8
	Nonmetropolitan	15.1	0.8	22.4	2.3	20.7	1.8	14.6	1.4	10.3	1.3
	Micropolitan	14.4	1.0	20.0	2.6	21.2	2.8	15.1	2.0	9.5	1.2
	Noncore	16.4	1.6	27.4	4.3	20.0	2.8	13.7	1.9	12.6	3.7
Language spoken most often at home	English	13.5	0.5	21.3	1.4	18.8	1.0	14.6	0.8	9.9	0.6
Language spoken most often at home	Other	19.0	1.4	22.1	3.0	17.4	2.5	17.6	2.4	20.7	3.6
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	12.0	0.5	17.5	1.5	16.4	1.1	13.2	0.8	9.2	0.6
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	24.7	1.0	29.4	2.2	24.5	1.9	25.1	2.1	20.9	2.0
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	18.7	0.9	24.5	2.3	20.7	1.7	17.5	1.9	15.1	1.8
	Complex activities	21.7	1.4	28.6	2.6	22.7	2.4	17.1	2.4	19.1	2.8
	Neither basic nor complex activities	12.7	0.5	19.2	1.6	17.3	1.1	14.3	0.9	9.7	0.6

^a Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.

^b Less than high school refers to fewer than 12 years of education; high school graduate, 12 years of education; and at least some college, more than 12 years of education.

^c For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 14_1_11-5c: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/14_patientcenteredness/T14_1_11-5c.html