Table 14_1_6-5b

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_6.5b
Children who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers sometimes or never explained things clearly, 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		4.03	0.38	3.59	0.43	3.28	0.52	4.48	0.62	6.01	0.73
Age	0–5	4.17	0.63	3.36	0.69	3.47	0.89	3.53	0.79	7.29	1.31
Age	6–17	3.94	0.37	3.72	0.43	3.17	0.49	4.99	0.84	5.04	0.72
Gender	Male	4.12	0.43	3.92	0.50	3.50	0.61	4.82	0.85	5.05	0.84
Gender	Female	3.93	0.50	3.24	0.55	3.05	0.65	4.12	0.83	6.92	1.02
Family income^a	Negative/poor	7.17	0.97	7.28	1.21	7.86	1.94	6.51	1.32	6.93	1.25
	Near poor/low	5.20	0.82	4.25	0.97	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	7.50	1.52
	Middle	3.56	0.52	3.19	0.55	2.82	0.60	3.60	0.99	5.36	1.51
	High	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance	Any private	2.65	0.40	2.70	0.44	2.55	0.49	3.56	0.85	DSU	DSU
	Public only	6.91	0.65	5.89	0.71	5.79	0.97	5.33	0.93	9.06	1.31
	Uninsured	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	4.03	0.43	3.50	0.49	3.14	0.60	4.38	0.63	6.10	0.78
	Large central metro	4.09	0.51	2.87	0.58	DSU	DSU	3.64	0.85	6.86	1.05
	Large fringe metro	3.55	1.03	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	4.30	0.79	3.87	0.82	DSU	DSU	7.55	1.87	6.59	1.86
	Small metro	4.63	1.18	4.33	1.25	5.19	1.54	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	4.05	0.74	3.99	0.78	3.88	0.86	DSU	DSU	4.72	1.26
	Micropolitan	4.81	1.06	4.82	1.14	4.86	1.28	DSU	DSU	4.66	1.21
	Noncore	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	3.73	0.42	3.66	0.45	3.32	0.52	4.62	0.64	4.28	0.94
Language spoken most often at home	Other	6.21	0.89	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	7.68	1.14
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	3.76	0.38	3.28	0.43	3.11	0.52	3.84	0.62	5.92	0.74
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	14.91	2.98	17.72	3.92	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
CSHCN	Yes	5.26	0.68	5.28	0.76	4.76	0.84	6.60	1.52	5.10	1.24
CSHCN	No	3.66	0.42	3.03	0.47	2.78	0.59	3.72	0.61	6.16	0.82

^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: 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_6-5b: 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_6-5b.html