Table 14_1_4-4c

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_4.4c
Children who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers usually 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		20.0	0.9	17.9	1.7	21.8	1.7	18.6	1.5	21.3	1.6
Age	0–5	20.2	1.3	18.2	2.5	22.3	2.6	17.1	2.2	23.1	2.5
Age	6–17	19.8	1.1	17.7	2.0	21.5	2.0	19.3	1.9	20.3	1.9
Gender	Male	20.4	1.2	19.0	2.3	21.0	2.3	19.4	2.0	21.7	2.1
Gender	Female	19.5	1.0	16.8	2.0	22.6	2.1	17.7	1.7	21.0	1.9
Race	White, single race	20.1	1.0	19.6	2.1	21.8	2.0	18.5	1.8	21.0	1.6
	Black, single race	18.0	2.0	15.1	3.0	22.1	3.6	17.4	3.5	18.1	3.8
	Asian, single race	28.0	5.3	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	22.6	3.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	19.7	1.0	15.5	1.9	23.1	2.2	17.6	1.7	21.6	1.6
	Non-Hispanic, White	19.8	1.2	15.9	2.7	24.3	2.8	17.5	2.0	21.2	1.7
	Non-Hispanic, Black	17.9	2.0	15.0	3.1	21.7	3.7	17.5	3.4	18.2	3.9
	Hispanic, all races	21.2	1.6	23.3	2.8	18.5	2.4	23.4	3.2	17.3	4.5
Health insurance	Any private	19.8	1.1	15.4	3.4	22.3	2.9	18.1	1.7	21.0	1.6
	Public only	18.9	1.3	17.7	2.0	20.3	2.0	18.4	2.7	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	28.5	3.7	29.2	8.6	32.2	6.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	19.6	1.0	18.7	2.0	22.5	1.9	18.1	1.6	19.8	1.6
	Large central metro	20.9	1.7	21.2	2.2	23.0	3.5	19.4	2.9	20.8	3.1
	Large fringe metro	16.7	1.7	DSU	DSU	14.8	2.9	13.8	2.6	19.6	2.5
	Medium metro	20.9	2.1	17.8	5.3	24.2	3.0	22.9	3.3	17.5	2.9
	Small metro	21.0	2.9	19.2	4.3	28.7	5.5	DSU	DSU	22.1	5.3
	Nonmetropolitan	22.0	2.4	15.0	3.0	18.8	3.7	20.8	4.3	36.9	7.3
	Micropolitan	21.8	3.0	16.7	4.2	20.0	5.0	21.1	5.7	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	22.6	4.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	19.6	0.9	16.8	1.8	21.7	1.9	18.1	1.6	21.2	1.6
Language spoken most often at home	Other	22.7	2.2	22.2	3.3	22.4	3.3	22.4	3.9	DSU	DSU
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	19.9	0.9	17.9	1.7	21.7	1.7	18.5	1.6	21.2	1.6
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	22.5	3.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
CSHCN	Yes	22.6	1.6	21.3	3.4	20.6	2.5	21.3	3.0	25.7	2.9
CSHCN	No	19.0	1.0	16.6	1.8	21.9	1.9	17.5	1.5	20.1	1.8

^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_4-4c: 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_4-4c.html