Table 14_1_3-3c

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_3.3c
Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers always listened carefully to them, 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		58.4	0.6	57.2	1.5	57.4	1.3	57.6	1.1	59.5	0.9
Age	18–44	56.4	0.7	56.6	2.0	54.3	1.9	55.2	1.5	58.0	1.4
	45–64	57.3	0.8	54.3	2.5	52.6	2.3	56.3	1.5	59.0	1.2
	65 and over	64.9	1.2	63.1	3.2	65.5	2.3	65.9	1.9	64.1	2.0
Gender	Male	59.6	0.8	54.7	2.4	54.8	2.0	58.4	1.5	62.3	1.2
Gender	Female	57.5	0.7	58.5	1.8	59.0	1.4	57.1	1.3	57.0	1.2
Race	White, single race	57.9	0.6	54.6	1.9	56.1	1.6	56.9	1.2	59.6	1.0
	Black, single race	66.0	1.2	65.6	2.5	64.3	2.4	66.8	2.3	66.6	3.0
	Asian, single race	50.3	3.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	48.9	5.0	48.6	4.3
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	61.8	7.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	48.5	4.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	58.7	0.6	58.0	1.7	57.9	1.5	58.2	1.1	59.3	1.0
	Non-Hispanic, White	58.2	0.7	54.8	2.3	56.5	1.8	57.6	1.3	59.4	1.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	66.2	1.2	66.1	2.6	64.6	2.4	66.6	2.3	67.0	3.0
	Hispanic, all races	55.7	1.5	53.2	3.1	54.7	2.6	53.0	2.5	62.8	2.9
Education^b	Less than high school	60.5	1.2	61.3	2.1	56.2	2.1	60.9	2.1	66.1	3.3
	High school graduate	60.2	1.0	55.9	2.6	59.8	2.0	57.6	1.9	64.4	1.7
	At least some college	56.8	0.7	54.4	2.7	55.5	2.2	56.3	1.4	57.4	1.1
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	56.8	0.7	54.4	2.6	54.0	2.0	54.9	1.4	58.7	1.1
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	56.7	1.1	56.8	2.0	52.9	2.2	58.8	2.4	57.4	2.3
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	57.8	0.7	60.0	3.2	54.0	2.1	57.0	1.3	58.6	1.0
	Public only	53.7	1.6	56.7	2.2	52.3	2.6	46.4	4.0	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	51.9	1.8	47.9	3.4	54.1	3.2	50.1	3.4	56.8	4.8
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	65.9	2.1	60.7	5.9	61.6	3.7	65.8	3.7	72.7	3.9
	Medicare and private	64.1	1.5	62.1	5.7	65.4	3.3	67.0	2.5	62.1	2.2
	Medicare and other public	66.2	3.2	67.2	4.5	74.5	4.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	58.5	0.6	56.5	1.6	57.4	1.5	57.2	1.2	60.0	1.0
	Large central metro	58.6	1.0	56.0	2.9	57.7	2.4	56.1	1.9	61.0	1.7
	Large fringe metro	57.8	1.1	55.9	4.3	54.9	3.2	60.8	2.2	57.0	1.6
	Medium metro	58.7	1.3	59.4	3.0	57.1	2.9	53.1	2.8	62.9	2.2
	Small metro	60.1	1.5	52.0	4.4	61.9	3.5	61.0	3.4	60.4	3.3
	Nonmetropolitan	57.8	1.6	59.7	2.8	57.3	3.1	59.7	2.3	55.7	2.5
	Micropolitan	57.1	2.1	60.1	3.8	58.0	3.0	56.0	3.0	56.7	3.0
	Noncore	59.1	2.0	58.7	4.1	56.3	5.7	65.4	2.7	52.8	4.0
Language spoken most often at home	English	58.8	0.6	58.0	1.6	58.0	1.5	57.9	1.1	59.8	1.0
Language spoken most often at home	Other	52.8	1.7	52.1	3.7	53.6	3.0	54.5	3.1	50.1	3.9
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	59.7	0.6	59.5	1.8	58.7	1.6	58.9	1.1	60.4	1.0
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	51.4	1.4	52.6	2.6	53.9	2.2	50.2	2.3	49.3	2.6
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	56.3	1.2	56.2	2.4	56.7	2.2	58.7	2.2	53.6	2.5
	Complex activities	54.0	1.6	50.2	2.6	56.9	2.7	58.0	3.4	49.9	3.6
	Neither basic nor complex activities	59.0	0.6	59.1	1.9	57.6	1.5	57.9	1.2	60.1	1.0

^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 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_3-3c: 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_3-3c.html