Table 14_1_8-3a

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_8.3a
Children who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers always showed respect for what they or their parents had to say, by race, United States, 2006
				Single race
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		78.3	1.0	78.2	1.1	79.9	1.8	70.1	4.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	78.2	3.4
Age	0–5	77.5	1.3	76.6	1.5	82.4	3.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	80.6	4.1
Age	6–17	78.7	1.1	79.1	1.3	78.6	1.9	68.8	5.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	75.9	5.1
Gender	Male	77.9	1.2	78.1	1.3	77.3	2.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	75.4	5.0
Gender	Female	78.6	1.1	78.2	1.2	82.5	1.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	81.0	4.1
Family income^a	Negative/poor	77.8	2.0	75.6	2.5	80.9	3.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Near poor/low	74.6	1.7	74.9	2.1	76.5	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Middle	79.6	1.5	79.7	1.7	79.9	2.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	High	79.4	1.6	79.3	1.8	83.5	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance	Any private	79.3	1.2	79.4	1.4	82.5	2.3	67.9	5.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	82.0	4.1
	Public only	76.9	1.5	76.0	1.6	78.6	2.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	73.1	6.4
	Uninsured	71.3	3.8	71.2	4.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	78.6	1.1	78.5	1.2	80.2	1.8	69.7	4.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	79.4	3.7
	Large central metro	79.3	1.5	79.1	1.8	82.8	2.3	65.6	6.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Large fringe metro	81.0	2.0	80.4	2.3	82.1	3.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	75.5	2.5	76.8	2.6	69.6	6.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Small metro	76.2	2.4	75.3	2.9	78.9	5.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	76.3	2.3	76.1	2.6	77.6	6.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	76.1	2.8	75.7	3.2	76.4	9.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	76.5	3.7	76.9	4.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	78.7	1.0	78.6	1.3	80.0	1.8	70.3	6.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	78.2	3.4
Language spoken most often at home	Other	74.9	2.0	75.1	2.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	78.6	1.0	78.5	1.1	80.6	1.7	70.0	4.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	78.3	3.4
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	62.6	4.2	63.2	4.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
CSHCN	Yes	73.1	1.9	72.1	2.2	75.7	2.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
CSHCN	No	79.8	1.0	80.1	1.1	81.4	2.0	67.7	4.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	78.9	3.6

^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_8-3a: 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_8-3a.html