Table 14_1_6-4c

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_6.4c
Children who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers usually explained things clearly, 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		18.3	0.9	16.3	1.5	21.1	1.6	17.6	1.3	18.4	1.6
Age	0–5	18.5	1.2	17.4	2.5	20.4	2.2	15.4	2.0	21.0	2.3
Age	6–17	18.1	1.0	15.3	1.6	21.6	2.0	18.7	1.6	16.9	1.9
Gender	Male	18.5	1.1	16.5	2.2	19.8	2.0	17.7	1.8	19.6	2.0
Gender	Female	18.1	0.9	16.1	1.8	22.5	2.1	17.5	1.5	17.1	1.8
Race	White, single race	18.6	1.0	18.2	1.8	21.3	2.0	17.6	1.5	18.3	1.8
	Black, single race	15.9	1.8	12.8	2.9	19.4	2.8	16.8	2.8	15.3	4.0
	Asian, single race	27.2	4.5	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	14.8	2.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	18.1	1.0	14.7	1.8	22.5	2.1	16.8	1.5	18.6	1.7
	Non-Hispanic, White	18.4	1.2	16.4	2.2	23.7	2.8	16.6	1.7	18.6	1.9
	Non-Hispanic, Black	16.0	1.8	12.8	3.0	19.1	2.9	17.3	2.8	15.4	4.0
	Hispanic, all races	19.2	1.6	19.9	2.7	17.7	2.4	21.6	3.1	15.2	4.0
Health insurance	Any private	17.8	1.1	12.7	3.2	20.5	3.0	17.3	1.5	18.0	1.6
	Public only	17.9	1.2	16.6	1.8	19.7	1.7	17.2	2.5	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	28.1	3.8	23.9	6.1	38.4	7.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	17.8	0.9	16.6	1.8	21.5	1.9	17.4	1.4	16.7	1.7
	Large central metro	18.3	1.5	17.3	2.3	24.0	3.8	17.3	2.2	16.0	2.8
	Large fringe metro	14.9	1.7	13.0	3.4	14.2	2.9	12.5	2.4	16.9	2.7
	Medium metro	20.7	2.2	17.5	4.8	23.5	3.3	24.0	3.1	16.2	3.6
	Small metro	18.2	3.0	17.3	5.0	21.3	4.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	21.2	2.1	15.3	3.0	19.6	3.2	18.7	3.5	35.2	5.1
	Micropolitan	19.2	2.3	16.5	4.2	19.4	4.3	15.8	4.0	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	24.9	4.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	23.2	6.5	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	17.7	0.9	14.9	1.6	21.0	1.8	16.7	1.4	18.4	1.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	22.3	2.0	21.8	3.3	21.6	2.9	25.5	4.0	DSU	DSU
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	18.3	0.9	16.7	1.6	20.9	1.7	17.7	1.3	18.2	1.6
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	17.9	3.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
CSHCN	Yes	20.2	1.4	20.4	2.8	19.9	2.6	19.5	2.7	20.8	2.8
CSHCN	No	17.7	0.9	15.1	1.8	21.3	1.8	16.8	1.4	17.7	1.7

^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_6-4c: 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_6-4c.html