Table 14_1_4-1

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_4.1
Children who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers listened carefully, United States, 2006
				Health providers listened carefully
				Always		Usually		Sometimes or never
Population group		Total population (in thousands)^c	Percent with visit	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		74,064	76.9	75.7	1.0	20.0	0.9	4.4	0.4
Age	0–5	24,713	87.6	75.4	1.4	20.2	1.3	4.4	0.6
Age	6–17	49,351	71.5	75.8	1.1	19.8	1.1	4.4	0.4
Gender	Male	37,729	76.4	75.0	1.3	20.4	1.2	4.7	0.5
Gender	Female	36,335	77.4	76.4	1.0	19.5	1.0	4.1	0.4
Race	White, single race	56,434	77.7	75.5	1.1	20.1	1.0	4.4	0.4
	Black, single race	11,006	76.4	77.6	2.1	18.0	2.0	4.5	0.7
	Asian, single race	2,987	65.2	68.6	4.9	28.0	5.3	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	2,453	75.9	72.8	3.7	22.6	3.4	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	58,997	78.8	76.3	1.1	19.7	1.0	4.0	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	42,300	80.5	76.3	1.3	19.8	1.2	3.9	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, Black	10,740	76.2	77.9	2.1	17.9	2.0	4.2	0.7
	Hispanic, all races	15,067	69.4	72.7	1.7	21.2	1.6	6.1	0.7
Family income^a	Negative/poor	13,075	74.6	74.9	2.0	17.9	1.7	7.2	1.0
	Near poor/low	15,785	68.9	71.8	1.8	21.8	1.7	6.4	0.8
	Middle	23,937	76.2	77.4	1.6	18.6	1.5	4.0	0.5
	High	21,267	84.9	76.6	1.7	21.3	1.6	2.1	0.5
Health insurance	Any private	46,724	79.8	77.3	1.1	19.8	1.1	2.9	0.4
	Public only	22,708	74.7	73.6	1.5	18.9	1.3	7.5	0.7
	Uninsured	4,633	57.7	65.6	4.1	28.5	3.7	DSU	DSU
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	62,479	77.2	76.0	1.0	19.6	1.0	4.4	0.4
	Large central metro	22,476	74.5	74.6	1.8	20.9	1.7	4.5	0.5
	Large fringe metro	18,960	79.6	79.7	1.9	16.7	1.7	3.6	0.9
	Medium metro	14,720	76.9	74.2	2.4	20.9	2.1	5.0	0.7
	Small metro	6,324	80.3	73.9	2.4	21.0	2.9	5.2	1.4
	Nonmetropolitan	11,585	75.0	73.6	2.5	22.0	2.4	4.4	0.7
	Micropolitan	7,566	75.7	73.3	3.2	21.8	3.0	4.9	1.1
	Noncore	4,019	73.7	74.0	4.3	22.6	4.2	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	63,041	79.1	76.3	1.0	19.6	0.9	4.2	0.4
Language spoken most often at home	Other	10,976	64.0	71.4	2.2	22.7	2.2	6.0	0.8
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	72,526	76.6	76.0	1.0	19.9	0.9	4.1	0.4
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	1,538	90.9	63.6	4.1	22.5	3.8	14.0	2.6
CSHCN	Yes	14,597	91.8	71.8	1.7	22.6	1.6	5.6	0.7
CSHCN	No	58,809	73.1	77.0	1.0	19.0	1.0	4.0	0.4

^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.

^c Total child population. Numbers of subpopulation categories may not add to total due to missing values or rounding.

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_4-1: 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_4-1.html