Table 14_1_9-5d

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_9.5d
Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers sometimes or never 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		13.9	0.4	15.9	0.9	14.5	0.6	13.0	0.5
Age	18–44	16.6	0.6	19.0	1.5	17.9	1.1	15.4	0.8
	45–64	13.1	0.6	16.9	1.6	13.6	1.0	12.1	0.8
	65 and over	9.4	0.6	10.9	1.4	10.3	1.0	7.7	1.0
Gender	Male	13.2	0.5	15.3	1.2	14.2	1.0	12.1	0.8
Gender	Female	14.4	0.5	16.4	1.2	14.7	0.7	13.6	0.6
Race	White, single race	13.2	0.4	15.2	1.1	13.7	0.7	12.4	0.5
	Black, single race	14.9	1.0	15.2	1.7	17.5	1.5	12.9	1.5
	Asian, single race	22.6	2.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	20.9	2.7
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	19.9	5.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	20.0	3.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	13.7	0.4	16.7	1.1	14.0	0.6	12.9	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	12.9	0.5	15.9	1.5	13.1	0.7	12.3	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	14.9	1.0	15.0	1.7	17.8	1.5	12.8	1.4
	Hispanic, all races	15.3	1.0	13.5	1.3	19.0	2.2	14.6	1.8
Family income^b	Negative/poor	17.1	1.2	14.6	1.5	19.0	1.7	18.3	2.5
	Near poor/low	17.0	1.0	18.3	1.7	16.6	1.4	16.3	1.7
	Middle	15.6	0.8	16.3	1.8	15.0	1.2	15.9	1.1
	High	11.1	0.5	13.1	2.2	11.4	1.0	10.8	0.6
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	14.6	0.5	19.0	1.5	15.2	0.8	13.6	0.6
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	16.5	0.8	16.8	1.5	17.4	1.5	15.6	1.3
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	13.3	0.5	15.3	1.5	13.2	0.8	13.1	0.6
	Public only	22.9	1.5	21.9	2.3	22.9	2.1	24.2	2.9
	Uninsured	20.8	1.5	20.3	2.4	23.5	2.7	18.4	2.6
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	9.2	1.3	11.2	2.0	7.5	1.8	9.5	2.5
	Medicare and private	8.3	0.8	7.7	1.8	11.3	1.4	6.3	1.0
	Medicare and other public	15.9	2.3	15.7	3.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	14.0	0.4	15.4	1.1	14.8	0.7	13.2	0.6
	Large central metro	14.7	0.8	16.2	1.7	17.4	1.5	13.2	0.9
	Large fringe metro	13.6	0.7	16.9	2.2	12.9	1.2	13.2	0.9
	Medium metro	14.0	0.9	13.6	2.1	14.8	1.3	13.6	1.1
	Small metro	12.4	1.1	14.3	3.0	12.2	1.9	11.9	1.3
	Nonmetropolitan	13.5	0.8	17.7	1.9	13.1	1.3	11.9	0.9
	Micropolitan	14.4	1.0	18.9	2.4	14.6	1.5	12.3	1.2
	Noncore	11.8	1.6	15.8	3.0	10.1	1.8	11.1	2.1
Language spoken most often at home	English	13.6	0.4	16.4	1.1	14.2	0.6	12.5	0.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	18.0	1.6	13.8	1.8	18.8	2.7	22.4	3.0
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	12.8	0.4	15.1	1.0	13.2	0.7	12.1	0.5
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	19.9	1.1	17.9	1.6	20.3	1.8	21.1	1.8
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	16.4	0.9	15.7	1.5	16.0	1.3	17.2	1.6
	Complex activities	19.3	1.3	15.9	1.8	18.4	1.8	22.9	2.5
	Neither basic nor complex activities	13.2	0.4	16.0	1.2	13.9	0.8	12.3	0.5

^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_9-5d: 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_9-5d.html