Table 14_1_14-2c

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_14.2c
People with a usual source of care whose health care providers sometimes or never asked them to help make decisions, by family income,^a United States, 2007
		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		15.9	0.5	18.5	1.2	18.1	1.1	15.5	0.8	14.6	0.7
Age	0-17	15.4	0.8	17.3	1.7	17.0	1.8	14.2	1.3	14.6	1.4
	18-44	16.5	0.7	19.5	1.8	19.2	1.6	15.5	1.2	15.6	1.2
	45-64	16.2	0.7	19.6	2.0	20.1	1.9	16.4	1.3	14.8	1.0
	0-64	16.0	0.5	18.4	1.3	18.5	1.3	15.3	0.9	15.0	0.7
	65 and over	15.2	0.9	18.8	2.6	16.7	2.0	17.1	1.7	11.6	1.3
Gender	Male	16.2	0.6	19.5	1.6	19.2	1.3	15.4	0.9	14.9	0.8
Gender	Female	15.6	0.5	17.7	1.3	17.2	1.2	15.6	0.9	14.3	0.8
Race	White, single race	15.1	0.5	18.5	1.5	18.6	1.3	13.9	0.9	13.9	0.7
	Black, single race	18.9	1.2	18.2	2.3	19.1	2.6	20.9	2.1	16.7	2.4
	Asian, single race	22.7	2.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	28.6	5.6	23.6	4.0
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	11.5	3.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	22.3	3.5	22.4	5.9	DSU	DSU	29.2	7.2	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	15.5	0.5	17.8	1.3	17.9	1.2	15.1	0.9	14.4	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, White	14.5	0.6	17.4	1.8	18.5	1.5	13.2	1.0	13.6	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, Black	18.9	1.2	18.4	2.3	19.2	2.6	20.6	2.1	17.0	2.4
	Hispanic, all races	18.5	1.1	20.3	2.3	18.8	2.2	18.1	2.0	16.6	2.6
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	19.7	1.0	21.3	1.9	18.5	1.7	19.7	1.9	19.4	2.6
	High school graduate	16.0	0.8	19.2	2.1	17.0	1.7	15.0	1.3	15.6	1.3
	At least some college	15.0	0.6	16.9	2.3	21.1	2.1	15.7	1.1	13.6	0.8
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	16.4	0.6	20.8	2.1	20.2	1.5	16.0	1.0	15.4	0.8
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	16.1	0.9	18.5	1.6	18.1	2.1	15.4	1.7	13.4	1.6
Health insurance, ages 0-64	Any private	15.4	0.6	16.8	2.6	19.0	1.7	15.2	0.9	14.9	0.7
	Public only	17.4	1.1	17.7	1.4	17.2	1.8	16.0	2.4	21.1	5.5
	Uninsured	18.5	1.4	23.8	3.4	19.8	2.8	15.8	2.3	16.1	3.2
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	15.7	1.5	20.9	4.4	19.6	3.0	16.0	2.7	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	13.6	1.2	DSU	DSU	12.7	3.2	16.3	2.2	12.3	1.5
	Medicare and other public	19.4	2.2	21.0	4.5	18.5	3.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of residence^c	Metropolitan	16.4	0.5	18.7	1.3	18.1	1.2	16.5	0.9	15.0	0.7
	Large central metro	16.8	0.7	17.8	2.1	17.7	1.9	16.8	1.4	16.0	1.2
	Large fringe metro	14.9	1.0	17.8	3.2	16.3	2.6	16.3	1.7	13.3	1.4
	Medium metro	17.7	1.2	19.2	2.1	20.4	2.6	16.6	2.0	16.9	1.7
	Small metro	16.4	1.6	21.9	4.0	17.8	3.6	16.1	2.7	13.9	2.3
	Nonmetropolitan	13.7	1.1	17.6	2.5	17.9	2.4	11.5	1.5	11.6	1.9
	Micropolitan	14.2	1.4	15.3	2.8	19.8	3.1	10.7	1.9	13.7	2.4
	Noncore	12.7	2.0	21.8	4.4	14.3	3.9	12.7	2.7	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	15.6	0.5	18.4	1.3	18.0	1.2	15.2	0.8	14.4	0.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	18.5	1.3	18.6	3.0	18.7	2.5	18.4	2.4	18.2	3.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	15.5	0.5	18.2	1.3	18.0	1.2	14.9	0.8	14.4	0.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	19.0	1.0	19.4	1.8	18.7	1.8	20.7	1.9	17.0	2.1
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	20.1	1.0	21.7	2.4	21.7	2.2	21.8	2.0	16.3	1.8
	Complex activities	19.9	1.2	22.2	2.5	21.3	2.7	20.7	2.4	15.2	2.6
	Neither basic nor complex activities	15.5	0.5	19.6	1.5	17.5	1.3	15.3	0.9	14.4	0.8
U.S. born	Yes	15.7	0.5	18.5	1.2	18.3	1.2	15.1	0.8	14.2	0.7
U.S. born	No	18.3	1.1	18.2	2.4	16.6	2.2	19.1	2.0	18.8	2.2

^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_14-2c: 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_14-2c.html