Table 14_1_15-2c

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_15.2c
People with a usual source of care for whom health care providers explain and provide all treatment options, 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		94.3	0.3	93.0	0.7	93.5	0.6	94.1	0.5	95.2	0.4
Age	0-17	94.6	0.5	94.2	0.9	93.2	1.0	94.3	0.8	96.2	0.8
	18-44	94.1	0.4	91.6	1.2	93.4	1.0	94.6	0.6	94.6	0.7
	45-64	94.4	0.4	91.9	1.5	93.8	1.1	93.5	0.9	95.3	0.6
	0-64	94.4	0.3	92.9	0.7	93.4	0.7	94.2	0.5	95.3	0.4
	65 and over	94.1	0.6	93.5	1.6	93.9	1.1	93.5	1.1	94.7	1.0
Gender	Male	94.0	0.4	92.9	1.0	92.6	0.8	93.4	0.6	95.1	0.5
Gender	Female	94.6	0.3	93.0	0.8	94.2	0.6	94.7	0.5	95.3	0.5
Race	White, single race	94.3	0.3	92.8	0.9	93.3	0.7	94.0	0.5	95.1	0.4
	Black, single race	95.6	0.5	95.6	1.0	94.1	1.5	95.0	0.9	98.0	0.6
	Asian, single race	92.5	1.8	DSU	DSU	95.4	2.5	95.4	1.7	91.3	3.1
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	88.6	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	94.0	1.5	87.2	4.5	94.9	2.1	95.1	2.9	96.9	1.8
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	94.6	0.3	93.4	0.7	93.5	0.7	94.4	0.5	95.4	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	94.6	0.3	93.1	1.0	93.1	0.9	94.4	0.6	95.4	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	95.6	0.5	95.6	1.0	94.0	1.5	95.0	1.0	98.0	0.6
	Hispanic, all races	92.4	0.8	91.7	1.6	93.5	1.0	92.2	1.2	91.8	2.1
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	92.6	0.6	91.2	1.3	92.9	1.1	92.9	1.0	93.4	1.3
	High school graduate	94.5	0.5	93.6	1.2	94.0	1.0	93.5	0.9	96.0	0.7
	At least some college	94.6	0.4	91.8	1.6	94.0	1.0	94.7	0.6	94.9	0.5
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	94.4	0.4	91.2	1.4	93.3	1.0	94.2	0.6	95.0	0.5
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	93.8	0.5	92.2	1.2	94.1	1.2	93.9	1.1	94.9	0.9
Health insurance, ages 0-64	Any private	94.9	0.3	95.4	1.2	94.1	0.9	94.4	0.6	95.4	0.4
	Public only	93.1	0.6	92.6	0.9	93.5	1.1	93.2	1.4	95.5	2.1
	Uninsured	92.1	0.9	91.2	1.9	91.0	1.8	93.1	1.5	92.9	2.4
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	93.8	1.0	92.5	3.1	94.0	1.8	92.3	2.2	95.7	1.4
	Medicare and private	94.4	0.8	93.4	3.2	95.4	1.4	94.2	1.4	94.2	1.2
	Medicare and other public	93.2	1.4	94.5	1.9	90.1	2.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of residence^c	Metropolitan	94.1	0.3	92.8	0.7	93.5	0.7	93.8	0.5	94.9	0.5
	Large central metro	94.2	0.5	94.1	1.1	93.4	1.1	93.8	0.8	94.8	0.7
	Large fringe metro	94.5	0.6	92.8	1.7	95.9	1.2	94.2	1.1	94.6	0.9
	Medium metro	93.9	0.6	91.2	1.4	92.2	1.3	94.1	0.8	95.2	1.1
	Small metro	93.8	0.9	91.2	2.3	92.9	2.1	92.5	1.8	96.3	1.1
	Nonmetropolitan	95.2	0.6	93.7	1.5	93.5	1.3	95.1	1.0	96.9	0.8
	Micropolitan	94.9	0.7	93.6	1.9	91.9	1.8	96.1	1.2	96.1	1.0
	Noncore	95.6	1.0	93.8	2.3	96.4	1.6	93.6	2.1	98.8	0.8
Language spoken most often at home	English	94.5	0.3	93.5	0.7	93.5	0.7	94.1	0.5	95.4	0.4
Language spoken most often at home	Other	92.6	0.8	90.8	2.0	93.5	1.2	93.5	1.3	92.1	1.9
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	94.6	0.3	93.5	0.7	93.6	0.7	94.4	0.5	95.4	0.4
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	92.3	0.7	90.9	1.4	93.3	1.2	91.6	1.3	93.2	1.4
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	92.4	0.7	89.4	1.9	93.0	1.3	92.7	1.2	93.2	1.2
	Complex activities	92.4	0.8	89.7	1.8	93.7	1.5	92.7	1.6	93.5	1.8
	Neither basic nor complex activities	94.5	0.3	92.8	0.9	94.1	0.7	94.3	0.5	95.1	0.5
U.S. born	Yes	94.5	0.3	93.2	0.7	93.5	0.7	94.3	0.5	95.5	0.4
U.S. born	No	92.4	0.8	91.7	1.9	93.5	1.1	92.4	1.2	92.0	1.8

^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_15-2c: 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_15-2c.html