Table 14_1_9-3c

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_9.3c
Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers always spent enough time with them, 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		49.2	0.6	49.0	1.5	48.3	1.3	47.3	1.1	50.8	0.9
Age	18–44	46.0	0.9	46.4	2.2	43.4	2.0	43.7	1.7	48.7	1.4
	45–64	48.8	0.9	48.1	2.5	44.8	2.1	46.7	1.6	50.7	1.2
	65 and over	56.7	1.2	57.0	2.8	57.7	2.3	57.0	2.2	55.8	1.7
Gender	Male	50.4	0.8	48.8	2.5	46.6	1.9	48.0	1.5	53.1	1.2
Gender	Female	48.3	0.8	49.0	1.8	49.4	1.5	46.8	1.4	48.7	1.2
Race	White, single race	49.3	0.7	48.8	1.8	48.1	1.4	47.1	1.2	51.2	1.0
	Black, single race	52.2	1.5	50.4	2.5	50.4	3.1	51.9	2.5	55.2	3.0
	Asian, single race	39.3	2.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	38.4	5.2	36.6	3.7
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	51.6	7.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	41.6	5.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	49.7	0.6	50.8	1.7	49.2	1.4	48.2	1.2	50.7	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, White	50.0	0.7	51.2	2.2	49.1	1.6	48.3	1.4	51.1	1.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	52.3	1.5	50.6	2.6	50.5	3.1	51.8	2.5	55.4	3.0
	Hispanic, all races	43.6	1.5	39.8	2.7	43.6	2.8	39.7	2.4	52.4	3.3
Education^b	Less than high school	52.3	1.2	52.5	2.1	48.2	2.1	50.2	2.2	63.0	3.2
	High school graduate	51.3	1.0	46.9	2.4	49.8	1.9	50.3	1.8	54.3	1.7
	At least some college	47.2	0.8	47.5	3.1	46.6	2.2	44.0	1.5	48.7	1.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	47.3	0.8	45.1	2.6	44.1	1.8	44.8	1.4	49.6	1.1
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	47.4	1.2	48.4	2.1	43.6	2.4	45.1	2.5	51.3	2.5
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	48.2	0.8	53.3	3.3	44.2	2.0	45.9	1.4	49.7	1.0
	Public only	44.1	1.6	47.8	2.3	42.2	2.8	36.8	3.7	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	43.4	1.9	36.6	3.1	45.3	3.5	42.0	3.4	51.1	4.4
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	59.1	2.3	60.0	5.4	54.5	3.7	59.4	4.5	63.5	4.2
	Medicare and private	55.9	1.4	55.3	5.7	56.0	3.4	58.2	2.5	54.5	2.0
	Medicare and other public	55.5	3.1	56.5	4.1	69.9	4.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	49.0	0.7	47.9	1.7	48.3	1.5	46.3	1.3	51.1	1.0
	Large central metro	48.0	1.0	45.6	2.8	47.8	2.4	43.7	1.9	51.2	1.7
	Large fringe metro	49.0	1.0	50.2	3.8	48.1	3.3	50.3	2.1	48.5	1.4
	Medium metro	48.5	1.4	48.7	3.1	47.3	2.8	43.2	2.7	52.4	1.7
	Small metro	53.6	2.0	49.7	4.5	52.3	3.4	51.4	4.2	56.7	3.3
	Nonmetropolitan	50.1	1.3	53.0	2.7	48.3	2.4	51.5	2.1	48.7	2.5
	Micropolitan	49.8	1.7	56.9	3.2	51.9	2.7	47.0	2.6	49.1	2.8
	Noncore	50.5	2.0	44.5	4.6	43.5	3.8	58.7	3.5	47.4	3.9
Language spoken most often at home	English	49.8	0.6	50.6	1.6	49.1	1.3	47.8	1.2	51.1	0.9
Language spoken most often at home	Other	41.1	1.9	38.0	3.0	42.8	3.0	41.8	3.3	40.4	3.7
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	50.2	0.7	48.8	1.9	49.4	1.5	48.7	1.2	51.5	1.0
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	43.6	1.2	49.3	2.4	45.2	2.2	38.7	2.2	43.2	2.7
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	46.9	1.1	50.8	2.3	46.5	2.1	47.6	2.3	44.2	2.3
	Complex activities	45.3	1.5	45.1	2.7	45.9	2.4	47.3	3.4	42.5	3.6
	Neither basic nor complex activities	49.7	0.7	49.5	1.8	48.7	1.6	47.3	1.2	51.5	1.0

^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_9-3c: 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_9-3c.html