Table 14_1_12-4c

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_12.4c
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 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		27.3	0.9	23.7	1.4	29.2	1.7	29.6	1.7	25.9	1.7
Age	0–5	27.2	1.3	24.3	2.0	29.5	2.7	29.3	2.5	25.5	2.4
Age	6–17	27.4	1.2	23.2	1.9	29.0	2.0	29.7	2.2	26.1	2.0
Gender	Male	28.3	1.1	24.6	1.8	31.9	2.2	29.8	2.2	26.6	2.0
Gender	Female	26.3	1.1	22.8	2.0	26.4	2.1	29.4	2.0	25.1	2.1
Race	White, single race	27.1	1.1	24.3	1.8	28.2	1.9	28.3	2.0	26.4	1.9
	Black, single race	25.7	1.8	21.2	2.5	29.9	3.9	31.2	3.6	18.7	4.9
	Asian, single race	35.4	4.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	33.3	4.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	26.8	1.0	23.1	1.8	30.2	2.2	27.6	1.8	26.1	1.8
	Non-Hispanic, White	26.5	1.2	23.7	2.6	29.1	2.7	26.2	2.2	26.6	1.9
	Non-Hispanic, Black	25.0	1.8	20.9	2.6	29.2	3.9	29.7	3.5	18.8	4.9
	Hispanic, all races	29.5	1.8	25.1	2.2	26.6	2.2	39.1	3.8	23.0	5.4
Health insurance	Any private	27.0	1.2	22.0	3.5	30.6	3.0	27.9	1.9	25.7	1.8
	Public only	28.3	1.3	24.1	1.6	29.1	2.2	37.1	3.4	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	26.2	3.7	22.1	5.6	21.1	5.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	27.4	1.0	23.2	1.6	29.4	1.9	30.2	1.9	25.9	1.8
	Large central metro	26.6	1.6	25.5	2.4	26.7	3.2	30.9	3.2	22.8	2.9
	Large fringe metro	26.8	1.8	18.8	3.8	24.7	3.6	28.0	3.5	28.2	2.8
	Medium metro	28.7	2.4	24.4	3.2	30.3	3.9	33.1	4.0	24.3	3.7
	Small metro	29.2	2.4	18.6	3.9	41.6	5.6	26.5	4.2	27.5	5.7
	Nonmetropolitan	26.6	1.9	25.7	3.1	28.2	3.9	26.6	3.7	26.0	5.2
	Micropolitan	27.2	2.4	24.8	3.9	28.9	4.6	32.1	5.5	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	25.5	3.3	27.3	5.8	DSU	DSU	18.0	4.3	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	26.8	1.0	23.8	1.6	28.9	2.0	28.3	1.8	25.7	1.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	30.8	2.2	23.2	2.7	30.3	2.9	40.7	5.2	DSU	DSU
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	27.1	0.9	23.9	1.5	28.8	1.8	29.3	1.7	25.5	1.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	36.5	4.2	20.3	4.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
CSHCN	Yes	32.7	1.8	27.2	3.0	37.8	3.1	34.1	3.3	31.3	3.1
CSHCN	No	25.7	1.0	22.8	1.6	26.4	1.8	28.1	1.8	24.4	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: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; 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_12-4c: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/14_patientcenteredness/T14_1_12-4c.html