Table 14_1_7-3c

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_7.3c
Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers always showed respect for what they had to say, 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		62.0	0.5	62.6	1.4	59.8	1.4	60.3	0.9	63.7	0.9
Age	18–44	61.4	0.8	63.2	2.0	58.9	2.1	58.7	1.5	63.9	1.4
	45–64	61.0	0.8	58.1	2.5	56.3	2.1	59.6	1.6	63.0	1.1
	65 and over	65.1	1.2	67.9	2.6	64.1	2.5	65.5	1.9	64.8	2.0
Gender	Male	62.7	0.8	63.1	2.5	57.7	2.0	59.8	1.3	65.6	1.1
Gender	Female	61.5	0.6	62.3	1.6	61.2	1.6	60.7	1.2	62.0	1.1
Race	White, single race	61.5	0.6	60.9	1.8	58.6	1.6	59.3	1.1	63.8	1.0
	Black, single race	68.6	1.1	67.5	2.1	67.4	2.7	68.1	2.2	70.9	2.6
	Asian, single race	56.5	2.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	57.7	5.6	53.2	4.2
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	64.1	7.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	49.9	4.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	62.1	0.5	62.6	1.5	60.2	1.6	61.0	1.0	63.3	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, White	61.6	0.6	60.1	2.1	58.8	1.8	60.0	1.2	63.4	1.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	69.1	1.1	68.2	2.1	67.5	2.7	68.7	2.2	71.3	2.6
	Hispanic, all races	60.9	1.4	62.5	2.9	58.2	2.3	55.2	2.5	71.7	3.0
Education^b	Less than high school	62.1	1.2	64.1	1.9	58.2	2.2	58.6	2.3	72.5	2.8
	High school graduate	63.0	0.8	59.6	2.3	61.2	2.1	61.5	1.6	66.5	1.6
	At least some college	61.5	0.7	65.1	2.9	60.0	2.3	60.0	1.3	62.1	1.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	61.7	0.7	62.6	2.5	59.2	2.1	58.7	1.2	63.8	1.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	59.5	1.1	60.3	2.0	55.2	2.3	60.4	2.4	60.9	2.4
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	62.6	0.7	68.4	3.3	59.9	2.0	61.0	1.1	63.5	1.0
	Public only	56.3	1.7	60.1	2.2	54.7	2.6	48.6	3.9	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	55.0	1.7	53.8	3.2	55.9	3.3	50.6	3.5	63.4	4.5
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	65.9	2.1	63.8	5.4	58.5	3.9	68.4	3.5	72.2	4.1
	Medicare and private	64.5	1.6	67.5	4.9	64.6	3.6	65.2	2.5	63.7	2.2
	Medicare and other public	66.5	3.6	72.4	4.0	75.7	4.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	62.2	0.5	62.5	1.7	60.8	1.6	59.8	1.0	64.1	0.9
	Large central metro	62.2	1.0	62.0	2.3	61.1	2.6	58.4	1.8	64.9	1.7
	Large fringe metro	62.6	0.9	65.4	3.8	58.7	3.5	63.1	1.8	62.8	1.3
	Medium metro	60.7	1.0	63.2	3.5	60.2	2.9	55.9	2.2	63.7	1.9
	Small metro	65.2	1.7	56.3	4.6	65.4	4.5	65.0	2.8	67.2	3.2
	Nonmetropolitan	60.8	1.3	63.1	2.6	56.1	2.7	62.6	2.1	60.8	2.3
	Micropolitan	60.5	1.6	64.7	3.6	60.6	3.0	59.3	2.9	60.1	2.6
	Noncore	61.4	2.1	59.5	4.5	50.3	3.7	67.8	3.0	62.7	3.8
Language spoken most often at home	English	62.2	0.5	62.5	1.6	60.1	1.5	60.5	1.0	63.8	0.9
Language spoken most often at home	Other	59.4	1.7	63.2	3.2	57.9	3.0	58.0	3.3	60.3	4.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	63.6	0.6	65.7	1.7	62.0	1.6	62.0	1.1	64.7	0.9
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	53.1	1.2	56.4	2.3	53.9	2.3	50.2	2.5	52.9	2.5
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	56.1	1.2	60.7	2.3	56.3	2.2	56.6	2.2	52.8	2.5
	Complex activities	53.9	1.5	53.2	2.7	56.3	2.7	53.6	3.3	52.1	3.8
	Neither basic nor complex activities	63.4	0.6	65.2	1.8	61.3	1.6	61.4	1.1	64.8	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_7-3c: 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_7-3c.html