Table 14_1_4-3c

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_4.3c
Children who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers always listened carefully, 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		75.7	1.0	74.9	2.0	71.8	1.8	77.4	1.6	76.6	1.7
Age	0–5	75.4	1.4	74.3	2.7	71.6	2.7	80.5	2.2	73.9	2.8
Age	6–17	75.8	1.1	75.4	2.3	71.9	2.1	75.8	1.9	78.2	1.8
Gender	Male	75.0	1.3	72.8	2.6	72.4	2.3	76.5	2.1	76.2	2.2
Gender	Female	76.4	1.0	77.1	2.1	71.1	2.2	78.4	1.9	77.0	2.0
Race	White, single race	75.5	1.1	72.4	2.4	71.7	2.1	77.4	1.8	77.0	1.8
	Black, single race	77.6	2.1	78.4	3.1	72.5	3.9	80.1	3.3	79.7	3.9
	Asian, single race	68.6	4.9	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	72.8	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	76.3	1.1	76.9	2.3	71.1	2.3	78.7	1.8	76.4	1.8
	Non-Hispanic, White	76.3	1.3	74.7	3.4	70.0	2.9	78.8	2.1	76.7	1.9
	Non-Hispanic, Black	77.9	2.1	78.7	3.2	73.7	3.9	80.0	3.2	79.6	4.0
	Hispanic, all races	72.7	1.7	70.4	2.9	73.3	2.8	71.2	3.3	80.0	4.8
Health insurance	Any private	77.3	1.1	77.7	3.6	72.8	3.2	78.6	1.8	77.2	1.6
	Public only	73.6	1.5	75.0	2.3	72.0	2.1	74.0	3.1	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	65.6	4.1	63.7	8.8	62.2	6.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	76.0	1.0	73.6	2.2	71.2	2.0	77.8	1.7	78.1	1.8
	Large central metro	74.6	1.8	72.8	2.5	70.4	3.6	75.9	3.0	77.6	3.1
	Large fringe metro	79.7	1.9	75.8	5.6	80.6	3.2	83.4	2.7	77.9	2.9
	Medium metro	74.2	2.4	73.8	5.8	68.4	3.4	72.8	3.7	80.7	3.1
	Small metro	73.9	2.4	72.6	5.0	64.9	5.5	80.8	3.6	76.1	5.3
	Nonmetropolitan	73.6	2.5	79.9	3.6	74.3	4.0	75.5	4.2	61.1	7.3
	Micropolitan	73.3	3.2	77.6	5.0	72.0	5.4	75.0	5.8	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	74.0	4.3	84.4	4.4	DSU	DSU	76.3	6.6	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	76.3	1.0	75.8	2.2	72.1	2.1	78.1	1.7	76.7	1.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	71.4	2.2	71.6	3.3	70.5	3.5	71.2	3.9	DSU	DSU
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	76.0	1.0	75.3	2.0	71.9	1.8	77.7	1.6	76.9	1.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	63.6	4.1	65.9	8.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
CSHCN	Yes	71.8	1.7	71.9	4.2	70.4	3.2	73.5	3.1	70.9	2.9
CSHCN	No	77.0	1.0	76.3	2.0	72.3	1.9	79.0	1.6	78.2	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_4-3c: 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_4-3c.html