Table 14_1_11-1

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_11.1
Rating of 0-6 on a scale from 0 to 10 (best grade) of health care by adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months, United States, 2002-2007
		2007		2006		2005		2004		2003		2002
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		13.3	0.4	13.9	0.4	13.2	0.4	13.8	0.4	14.4	0.4	14.4	0.4
Age	18-64	14.4	0.5	14.8	0.5	14.3	0.5	15.0	0.4	15.4	0.4	15.4	0.4
	18-44	15.2	0.7	15.5	0.6	15.5	0.7	16.9	0.6	16.6	0.6	16.3	0.5
	45-64	13.4	0.7	14.1	0.7	12.7	0.6	12.5	0.5	13.7	0.6	14.1	0.6
	65 and over	9.2	0.8	10.1	0.7	9.1	0.7	9.2	0.7	10.2	0.7	10.3	0.7
Gender	Male	14.0	0.6	14.0	0.6	13.7	0.6	14.1	0.6	14.6	0.6	14.6	0.6
Gender	Female	12.8	0.5	13.8	0.5	12.9	0.5	13.6	0.4	14.2	0.4	14.2	0.4
Race	White, single race	12.7	0.5	12.9	0.4	12.3	0.4	12.8	0.4	13.4	0.4	13.8	0.4
	Black, single race	16.2	1.1	17.4	1.0	18.6	1.0	18.6	1.0	18.2	1.1	16.2	1.1
	Asian, single race	16.0	1.9	18.4	2.6	17.8	2.8	20.4	2.3	21.0	2.4	19.4	2.2
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	25.1	6.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	21.0	4.6	23.9	3.9
	Multiple races	19.9	3.3	24.2	3.8	15.7	3.4	18.5	3.2	21.4	3.8	20.1	3.1
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	13.1	0.5	13.6	0.5	12.9	0.4	13.6	0.4	13.8	0.4	14.0	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	12.3	0.5	12.6	0.5	11.8	0.5	12.4	0.4	12.8	0.4	13.2	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	16.0	1.1	17.3	1.0	18.7	1.1	18.4	1.0	18.1	1.2	16.1	1.1
	Hispanic, all races	15.7	1.2	16.7	1.1	17.0	1.1	16.2	0.9	19.5	1.1	18.9	0.9
Family income^a	Negative/poor	20.1	1.3	21.5	1.3	23.8	1.4	24.0	1.2	22.5	1.2	21.3	1.1
	Near poor/low	15.8	0.9	18.6	1.0	16.2	0.9	17.3	0.9	19.5	1.1	17.1	0.9
	Middle	14.7	0.8	14.9	0.8	14.2	0.8	14.1	0.7	15.2	0.7	14.5	0.6
	High	10.4	0.6	10.3	0.6	9.4	0.5	10.2	0.6	10.3	0.5	12.0	0.5
Education^b	Less than high school	18.0	1.0	19.1	0.9	18.1	1.0	19.6	0.9	20.3	0.9	18.1	0.8
	High school graduate	14.6	0.8	15.3	0.7	14.7	0.6	14.3	0.7	14.8	0.7	15.1	0.6
	At least some college	11.1	0.5	11.6	0.5	10.8	0.5	11.7	0.5	12.0	0.5	12.5	0.5
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	13.6	0.6	14.1	0.5	13.1	0.6	13.8	0.5	14.4	0.5	14.8	0.4
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	17.6	0.9	17.7	0.9	18.3	0.9	19.3	0.9	19.2	1.0	17.8	0.8
Health insurance, ages 18-64	Any private	12.1	0.5	12.4	0.6	12.0	0.5	12.2	0.5	12.9	0.5	13.5	0.4
	Public only	22.0	1.4	24.8	1.4	24.0	1.4	24.7	1.3	25.5	1.4	22.2	1.3
	Uninsured	24.4	1.7	25.1	1.6	23.2	1.5	28.9	1.8	26.0	1.5	25.7	1.5
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	10.3	1.3	12.2	1.6	10.3	1.4	10.7	1.3	12.8	1.4	12.6	1.3
	Medicare and private	7.2	0.9	8.0	0.8	7.4	0.8	8.1	0.9	8.3	0.8	8.5	0.8
	Medicare and other public	14.9	2.5	14.5	2.4	15.5	2.4	10.8	1.7	14.2	2.0	15.1	1.8
Location of residence^c	Metropolitan	13.2	0.5	13.7	0.5	13.1	0.5	13.6	0.4	14.2	0.4	14.7	0.4
	Large central metro	14.2	0.7	15.0	0.8	14.8	0.9	16.0	0.7	17.5	0.8	17.5	0.8
	Large fringe metro	13.0	0.8	11.7	0.8	12.0	0.7	13.0	0.8	13.1	0.8	13.5	0.7
	Medium metro	12.1	1.2	14.0	1.0	12.8	1.0	11.3	0.9	12.8	0.8	12.9	0.7
	Small metro	13.2	1.2	14.2	1.2	11.6	1.1	13.3	1.4	10.5	1.0	13.0	1.3
	Nonmetropolitan	14.2	1.1	15.1	0.8	13.9	0.9	14.6	0.9	15.0	0.8	13.0	0.7
	Micropolitan	15.0	1.4	14.4	1.0	14.2	1.0	13.8	1.2	14.2	0.9	12.4	0.8
	Noncore	12.6	1.6	16.4	1.6	13.3	1.6	16.1	1.3	16.7	1.6	14.5	1.3
Language spoken most often at home	English	13.3	0.5	13.5	0.5	12.9	0.4	13.4	0.4	13.7	0.4	14.0	0.4
Language spoken most often at home	Other	14.1	1.2	19.0	1.4	17.9	1.5	18.9	1.4	22.9	1.5	18.7	1.2
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	11.5	0.4	12.0	0.5	11.2	0.4	11.9	0.4	12.7	0.4	12.7	0.4
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	23.6	1.1	24.7	1.0	24.5	1.0	23.8	1.0	23.8	1.0	23.9	1.0
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	16.4	0.9	18.7	0.9	19.4	1.0	18.4	0.9	19.3	1.0	17.0	0.9
	Complex activities	21.1	1.3	21.7	1.4	24.2	1.4	22.5	1.2	23.1	1.3	20.7	1.0
	Neither basic nor complex activities	12.6	0.5	12.7	0.5	11.6	0.5	12.6	0.4	13.2	0.4	13.7	0.4

^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 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.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 14_1_11-1: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/14_patientcenteredness/T14_1_11-1.html