Table 14_1_10-2a

2010 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_10.2a
Children 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 race, United States, 2007
				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		6.8	0.5	6.4	0.5	7.2	1.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	9.5	2.1
Age	0-5	7.4	0.7	7.3	0.8	7.4	1.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Age	6-17	6.5	0.6	5.8	0.6	7.2	1.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	6.9	0.6	6.8	0.7	5.7	1.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Female	6.7	0.6	5.9	0.6	8.8	1.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Family income^a	Negative/poor	10.8	1.3	10.1	1.5	10.7	2.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Near poor/low	9.0	1.0	8.9	1.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Middle	5.4	0.8	5.5	1.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	High	4.8	0.7	4.4	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance	Any private	5.2	0.5	4.9	0.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Public only	9.5	0.9	9.1	0.9	8.9	1.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	10.2	2.4	10.5	2.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of residence^b	Metropolitan	7.0	0.5	6.4	0.6	7.6	1.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	9.3	2.2
	Large central metro	7.6	0.8	7.3	1.0	7.8	1.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Large fringe metro	6.3	1.0	5.3	1.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	7.4	1.1	7.1	1.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Small metro	6.0	1.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	6.2	1.1	6.1	1.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	7.7	1.5	8.1	1.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	5.9	0.5	5.2	0.5	6.9	1.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	9.9	2.2
Language spoken most often at home	Other	12.4	1.5	12.9	1.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	6.6	0.5	6.0	0.5	7.3	1.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	9.8	2.2
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	17.9	4.0	20.1	5.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Children with special health care needs^b	Yes	7.4	0.9	7.5	1.0	7.4	1.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Children with special health care needs^b	No	6.7	0.5	6.1	0.6	7.0	1.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	11.3	2.6
U.S. born	Yes	6.7	0.5	6.2	0.5	7.3	1.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	9.5	2.1
U.S. born	No	9.5	2.7	10.2	2.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^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 B: Detailed Methods.

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.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 14_1_10-2a: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/14_patientcenteredness/T14_1_10-2a.html