Table 14_1_12-4b

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_12.4b
Rating of 7–8 on a scale from 0 to 10 (best grade) of health care for children who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months, by ethnicity, United States, 2006
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		27.3	0.9	26.8	1.0	26.5	1.2	25.0	1.8	29.5	1.8
Age	0–5	27.2	1.3	26.6	1.5	24.7	1.8	27.7	3.2	29.5	2.8
Age	6–17	27.4	1.2	27.0	1.3	27.6	1.6	23.5	2.2	29.4	2.0
Gender	Male	28.3	1.1	27.8	1.2	27.2	1.4	26.5	2.3	30.5	2.2
Gender	Female	26.3	1.1	25.8	1.3	25.9	1.6	23.4	2.4	28.5	2.2
Family income^a	Negative/poor	23.7	1.4	23.1	1.8	23.7	2.6	20.9	2.6	25.1	2.2
	Near poor/low	29.2	1.7	30.2	2.2	29.1	2.7	29.2	3.9	26.6	2.2
	Middle	29.6	1.7	27.6	1.8	26.2	2.2	29.7	3.5	39.1	3.8
	High	25.9	1.7	26.1	1.8	26.6	1.9	18.8	4.9	23.0	5.4
Health insurance	Any private	27.0	1.2	26.7	1.2	26.3	1.4	24.8	2.7	29.5	3.4
	Public only	28.3	1.3	27.6	1.6	28.1	2.1	24.6	2.5	29.7	2.0
	Uninsured	26.2	3.7	25.2	5.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	28.0	4.8
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	27.4	1.0	26.8	1.2	26.9	1.4	23.9	1.9	30.0	1.9
	Large central metro	26.6	1.6	24.9	2.0	24.8	2.9	23.0	2.7	30.5	2.3
	Large fringe metro	26.8	1.8	26.2	2.0	25.4	2.3	25.9	3.8	30.8	5.3
	Medium metro	28.7	2.4	29.1	2.5	29.3	2.9	23.7	5.2	26.6	4.6
	Small metro	29.2	2.4	28.9	2.7	30.4	3.2	25.0	6.0	31.4	3.9
	Nonmetropolitan	26.6	1.9	26.9	1.9	24.9	2.0	33.9	6.3	22.7	4.1
	Micropolitan	27.2	2.4	27.5	2.4	25.8	2.6	29.3	8.3	23.9	5.2
	Noncore	25.5	3.3	25.9	3.5	23.3	3.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	26.8	1.0	26.6	1.0	26.6	1.2	24.5	1.8	28.6	2.4
Language spoken most often at home	Other	30.8	2.2	32.5	4.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	30.3	2.5
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	27.1	0.9	26.5	1.0	26.3	1.2	24.4	1.8	29.6	1.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	36.5	4.2	41.2	5.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	25.3	6.0
CSHCN	Yes	32.7	1.8	32.9	2.0	34.0	2.5	28.6	3.1	31.5	3.2
CSHCN	No	25.7	1.0	24.8	1.1	23.9	1.3	23.9	2.0	29.3	2.0

^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 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: CSHCN: children with special health care needs; 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_12-4b: 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_12-4b.html