Table 14_1_5-3b

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_5.3b
Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers always explained things in a way they could understand, by ethnicity, United States, 2006
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		60.9	0.5	61.3	0.6	61.2	0.7	66.1	1.3	57.7	1.4
Age	18–44	60.8	0.9	61.2	0.9	61.4	1.1	64.4	1.8	58.2	1.9
	45–64	60.0	0.8	60.3	0.9	60.2	1.0	67.4	1.8	56.2	2.6
	65 and over	63.1	1.1	63.3	1.2	62.7	1.3	68.9	2.8	58.9	3.7
Gender	Male	61.8	0.8	62.3	0.8	62.2	0.9	68.6	2.1	56.0	2.2
Gender	Female	60.3	0.7	60.5	0.7	60.5	0.9	64.6	1.6	58.8	1.8
Family income^a	Negative/poor	58.4	1.4	58.7	1.6	57.3	2.1	62.3	2.6	56.9	2.9
	Near poor/low	57.3	1.4	58.1	1.5	57.4	1.8	62.3	3.0	53.1	2.4
	Middle	59.4	1.0	60.0	1.1	59.6	1.2	66.9	2.3	54.2	2.5
	High	63.6	0.9	63.4	1.0	63.6	1.0	70.7	2.5	68.7	3.0
Education^b	Less than high school	58.8	1.2	60.3	1.4	60.4	1.8	64.4	2.3	53.9	2.1
	High school graduate	60.6	0.8	61.2	0.9	60.9	1.0	66.7	1.9	54.3	2.7
	At least some college	61.7	0.7	61.5	0.8	61.5	0.9	66.7	2.2	65.0	2.4
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	60.9	0.7	61.2	0.8	61.2	0.9	67.2	1.5	58.8	1.9
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	58.4	1.1	59.0	1.2	59.2	1.4	61.2	2.9	53.7	2.5
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	62.0	0.7	62.0	0.8	62.0	0.9	68.4	1.6	61.0	2.2
	Public only	52.9	1.6	53.4	1.8	51.6	2.5	58.8	2.8	50.9	3.1
	Uninsured	55.1	1.8	55.6	2.2	55.4	2.8	62.0	3.7	53.1	3.3
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	61.1	1.9	62.0	2.0	61.6	2.2	64.2	4.9	48.9	6.7
	Medicare and private	64.2	1.5	64.1	1.5	63.4	1.6	73.4	4.1	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and other public	63.0	2.8	63.4	3.5	62.0	4.7	65.8	4.6	62.0	4.7
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	60.9	0.6	61.2	0.6	61.2	0.7	65.9	1.4	58.1	1.5
	Large central metro	60.3	1.1	60.7	1.2	61.2	1.5	64.2	2.0	58.2	2.1
	Large fringe metro	61.7	1.1	62.1	1.1	61.9	1.2	70.7	3.5	57.2	3.3
	Medium metro	60.0	1.1	60.1	1.2	59.6	1.3	68.1	2.8	58.6	2.2
	Small metro	62.8	2.0	63.0	2.1	63.6	2.1	58.6	5.6	59.7	4.5
	Nonmetropolitan	61.1	1.4	61.5	1.4	61.2	1.4	67.9	2.2	51.2	6.3
	Micropolitan	60.8	1.5	61.0	1.5	60.5	1.6	67.1	3.0	54.4	7.5
	Noncore	61.8	1.9	62.3	2.0	62.6	2.0	69.0	3.7	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	61.5	0.6	61.5	0.6	61.2	0.7	66.1	1.3	61.5	2.4
Language spoken most often at home	Other	53.7	1.9	54.1	3.9	59.4	6.1	DSU	DSU	53.5	1.9
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	62.6	0.6	63.0	0.6	62.9	0.7	68.2	1.5	58.9	1.6
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	51.8	1.3	51.7	1.5	51.2	1.7	58.2	2.7	52.4	2.9
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	56.1	1.1	56.3	1.2	55.9	1.3	63.7	2.7	53.6	3.5
	Complex activities	54.3	1.6	54.5	1.6	53.3	1.9	63.3	3.1	52.9	4.8
	Neither basic nor complex activities	62.1	0.6	62.5	0.7	62.5	0.8	67.0	1.4	58.0	1.6

^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: 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_5-3b: 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_5-3b.html