Table 14_1_5-4c

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_5.4c
Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers usually explained things in a way they could understand, 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		30.8	0.5	28.5	1.2	30.7	1.3	31.0	0.9	31.3	0.8
Age	18–44	30.1	0.8	26.7	1.9	31.2	1.9	30.3	1.4	30.4	1.2
	45–64	32.4	0.8	32.9	2.2	33.7	2.2	32.4	1.5	32.1	1.1
	65 and over	29.6	1.1	26.2	2.8	27.7	2.0	30.3	1.9	31.0	1.9
Gender	Male	30.1	0.7	31.6	2.2	32.7	1.9	29.5	1.3	29.6	1.1
Gender	Female	31.4	0.6	26.9	1.4	29.5	1.4	32.0	1.1	32.7	1.1
Race	White, single race	31.4	0.6	29.5	1.6	32.0	1.4	31.8	1.0	31.2	0.9
	Black, single race	24.5	1.0	24.4	1.8	24.2	2.3	24.7	1.9	24.6	2.2
	Asian, single race	36.2	2.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	29.3	4.4	40.5	4.3
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	25.6	5.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	37.1	4.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	31.0	0.6	28.7	1.4	30.7	1.4	30.9	1.0	31.5	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, White	31.6	0.7	30.3	1.9	32.1	1.6	31.8	1.1	31.6	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, Black	24.3	1.1	24.1	1.9	23.9	2.3	24.7	1.9	24.2	2.2
	Hispanic, all races	29.3	1.2	27.4	2.3	31.0	2.2	31.4	2.1	25.4	3.1
Education^b	Less than high school	28.8	1.1	28.2	1.8	30.8	2.0	29.7	1.9	24.2	2.9
	High school graduate	29.9	0.8	29.8	2.4	29.3	1.6	30.2	1.5	29.9	1.5
	At least some college	32.0	0.7	27.4	2.5	32.3	2.5	32.1	1.3	32.3	1.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	31.1	0.7	27.2	2.3	30.5	1.9	31.6	1.2	31.2	0.9
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	31.4	1.0	30.3	1.8	35.5	2.2	28.9	2.0	31.9	2.2
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	31.3	0.7	25.7	3.1	32.9	2.1	31.7	1.2	31.1	0.9
	Public only	31.3	1.4	30.8	1.9	32.2	2.5	30.1	3.8	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	30.1	1.6	29.6	2.8	30.1	2.9	27.7	2.7	34.9	4.4
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	31.4	1.8	23.8	4.6	36.1	4.0	34.3	3.3	25.3	3.0
	Medicare and private	29.6	1.5	32.4	5.2	23.8	3.0	27.7	2.4	32.7	2.3
	Medicare and other public	23.6	2.4	20.8	3.3	17.7	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	30.8	0.6	28.0	1.3	30.5	1.3	31.0	1.0	31.3	0.9
	Large central metro	29.8	1.0	28.1	2.3	29.1	2.3	30.8	1.7	29.8	1.5
	Large fringe metro	30.4	1.0	29.1	3.5	30.7	3.0	26.5	1.7	32.5	1.4
	Medium metro	32.9	1.1	26.7	2.2	33.5	2.3	35.6	2.2	32.2	1.8
	Small metro	29.9	1.7	29.2	3.6	27.4	3.7	31.1	2.9	30.0	3.8
	Nonmetropolitan	31.0	1.3	30.1	3.1	31.8	3.0	31.1	2.0	30.8	2.0
	Micropolitan	31.1	1.5	27.2	3.1	27.4	3.1	34.5	2.8	31.2	2.2
	Noncore	30.8	1.9	36.3	5.5	37.5	5.1	25.6	2.1	29.9	3.2
Language spoken most often at home	English	30.7	0.6	28.0	1.4	30.7	1.4	31.1	1.0	31.0	0.8
Language spoken most often at home	Other	32.1	1.6	31.6	3.4	31.0	2.6	29.8	2.4	37.4	4.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	30.3	0.6	27.6	1.5	29.6	1.5	30.6	1.0	30.6	0.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	33.9	1.1	30.2	2.0	33.8	2.1	33.0	2.2	37.8	2.5
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	32.2	1.1	27.7	2.0	31.4	2.0	31.3	2.0	36.3	2.1
	Complex activities	32.2	1.4	32.5	2.3	29.7	2.3	30.3	2.8	37.1	3.1
	Neither basic nor complex activities	30.5	0.6	27.7	1.6	30.6	1.5	30.9	1.0	30.7	0.9

^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_5-4c: 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_5-4c.html