Table 14_1_5-5b

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_5.5b
Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers sometimes or never 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		8.2	0.3	7.7	0.4	7.2	0.4	9.6	0.6	13.1	0.9
Age	18–44	9.1	0.5	8.6	0.5	7.8	0.6	10.4	1.1	13.1	1.3
	45–64	7.6	0.4	7.2	0.4	6.7	0.5	8.4	1.2	13.1	1.6
	65 and over	7.4	0.6	7.0	0.6	6.7	0.7	9.9	1.6	13.1	2.4
Gender	Male	8.1	0.5	7.6	0.5	7.0	0.5	9.5	1.1	13.1	1.4
Gender	Female	8.3	0.4	7.8	0.4	7.3	0.5	9.7	0.8	13.1	1.1
Family income^a	Negative/poor	13.2	1.0	12.7	1.1	12.4	1.4	13.6	2.0	15.7	2.1
	Near poor/low	12.0	0.8	11.3	1.0	10.4	1.1	13.8	1.9	15.9	1.7
	Middle	9.6	0.6	9.0	0.6	8.6	0.7	8.4	1.4	14.4	1.8
	High	5.1	0.4	5.1	0.4	4.8	0.4	5.1	1.1	5.9	1.3
Education^b	Less than high school	12.5	0.9	11.6	1.0	10.7	1.2	12.8	1.6	15.2	1.6
	High school graduate	9.5	0.6	9.1	0.6	8.3	0.7	11.4	1.3	14.0	1.8
	At least some college	6.3	0.4	6.1	0.4	5.8	0.4	6.8	0.9	9.4	1.4
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	8.0	0.4	7.5	0.4	7.0	0.5	8.9	0.8	12.7	1.1
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	10.2	0.8	9.7	0.9	8.6	0.9	11.7	1.9	14.2	2.0
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	6.8	0.4	6.4	0.4	6.0	0.4	7.5	0.8	10.6	1.2
	Public only	15.8	1.3	16.0	1.5	16.0	2.0	15.2	2.1	15.1	3.0
	Uninsured	14.9	1.3	13.9	1.5	13.6	1.8	11.8	3.0	18.2	2.0
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	7.4	1.2	6.8	1.3	6.2	1.4	12.7	2.8	17.1	4.8
	Medicare and private	6.3	0.7	6.2	0.7	6.2	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and other public	13.4	1.7	13.5	2.0	14.1	2.8	13.2	3.7	13.0	2.9
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	8.3	0.4	7.7	0.4	7.2	0.4	9.4	0.7	12.9	0.9
	Large central metro	9.9	0.6	9.2	0.6	8.5	0.8	10.1	0.9	12.9	1.4
	Large fringe metro	7.8	0.7	7.2	0.7	6.9	0.8	8.8	2.1	15.3	2.3
	Medium metro	7.1	0.7	6.8	0.7	6.7	0.8	6.9	1.4	11.7	1.4
	Small metro	7.4	0.8	7.3	0.8	6.5	0.7	12.5	2.8	8.5	1.5
	Nonmetropolitan	7.9	0.7	7.6	0.7	7.0	0.7	11.1	1.7	14.8	3.7
	Micropolitan	8.1	0.6	7.9	0.6	7.5	0.7	10.1	1.4	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	7.5	1.3	7.2	1.3	6.2	1.4	12.7	3.2	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	7.8	0.3	7.6	0.3	7.1	0.4	9.6	0.6	11.3	1.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	14.2	1.2	13.0	2.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	14.9	1.2
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	7.1	0.3	6.6	0.3	6.1	0.4	8.5	0.8	12.1	1.1
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	14.3	0.9	14.0	1.0	13.4	1.2	13.8	2.0	16.9	2.1
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	11.7	0.9	11.2	0.9	11.1	1.0	9.6	1.4	18.6	3.3
	Complex activities	13.5	1.2	13.2	1.2	13.3	1.4	11.4	1.8	16.5	3.5
	Neither basic nor complex activities	7.4	0.3	6.9	0.3	6.3	0.4	9.2	0.7	12.3	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: 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_5-5b: 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_5-5b.html