Table 14_1_9-4d

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_9.4d
Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers usually spent enough time with them, by education,^a United States, 2006
		Total		Less than high school		High school graduate		At least some college
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		36.9	0.5	31.8	1.1	34.3	0.9	39.8	0.7
Age	18–44	37.4	0.8	34.4	1.7	33.2	1.6	39.9	1.1
	45–64	38.0	0.8	32.6	1.9	36.0	1.5	40.2	1.1
	65 and over	34.0	1.1	27.4	1.8	33.1	1.9	38.5	1.8
Gender	Male	36.4	0.8	32.3	1.6	34.5	1.4	38.5	1.1
Gender	Female	37.4	0.7	31.4	1.3	34.1	1.1	40.8	1.0
Race	White, single race	37.5	0.6	32.6	1.2	34.8	1.0	40.2	0.8
	Black, single race	32.7	1.3	28.3	2.0	29.7	2.2	36.8	2.1
	Asian, single race	38.6	3.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	38.2	3.5
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	28.6	4.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	38.4	4.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	36.5	0.6	28.6	1.3	33.8	0.9	39.7	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, White	37.0	0.6	28.5	1.5	34.2	1.1	40.2	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, Black	32.6	1.3	28.3	2.0	29.8	2.3	36.5	2.1
	Hispanic, all races	41.1	1.4	42.0	2.0	39.8	2.5	41.0	2.8
Family income^b	Negative/poor	33.7	1.5	33.0	1.9	34.1	2.3	34.2	3.0
	Near poor/low	34.7	1.0	33.6	1.9	33.5	1.7	37.1	2.0
	Middle	37.2	0.9	33.5	2.1	34.7	1.5	40.1	1.4
	High	38.2	0.8	23.9	2.7	34.3	1.5	40.5	1.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	38.1	0.7	34.3	1.6	34.6	1.3	40.2	0.8
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	36.1	1.1	32.8	1.9	34.4	1.8	39.4	2.0
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	38.5	0.7	31.9	1.8	35.9	1.3	40.3	0.8
	Public only	33.0	1.4	33.0	2.0	30.1	2.0	36.9	3.2
	Uninsured	35.9	1.7	38.8	3.0	31.7	2.8	37.6	2.8
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	31.7	2.0	29.7	3.0	31.3	3.1	33.8	3.8
	Medicare and private	35.8	1.4	26.5	3.1	34.6	2.3	40.0	2.1
	Medicare and other public	29.0	2.7	25.9	3.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	37.1	0.6	32.3	1.3	34.2	1.0	39.6	0.8
	Large central metro	37.3	0.9	35.6	1.9	34.6	1.6	38.9	1.3
	Large fringe metro	37.4	1.0	27.5	2.4	31.9	1.7	41.7	1.4
	Medium metro	37.6	1.2	32.6	2.6	37.3	2.1	39.1	1.4
	Small metro	34.1	1.7	30.8	3.5	31.0	3.3	36.8	2.2
	Nonmetropolitan	36.4	1.1	29.9	2.1	34.4	1.8	41.0	2.0
	Micropolitan	35.8	1.5	27.2	2.7	32.8	2.1	41.7	2.5
	Noncore	37.6	2.0	34.1	4.1	37.6	2.9	39.5	3.1
Language spoken most often at home	English	36.6	0.5	29.2	1.2	33.7	0.9	39.9	0.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	41.1	1.9	42.3	2.4	45.6	3.8	37.1	2.9
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	37.0	0.6	30.6	1.3	34.5	1.0	39.7	0.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	36.5	1.2	34.7	2.1	33.4	1.9	40.9	2.0
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	36.9	1.1	32.2	1.8	34.1	2.0	42.9	1.8
	Complex activities	35.6	1.4	32.7	2.3	33.5	2.1	40.2	2.5
	Neither basic nor complex activities	37.0	0.6	32.0	1.3	34.2	1.1	39.4	0.8

^a 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.

^b 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.

^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_9-4d: 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_9-4d.html