Table 14_1_2-1

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_2.1
Children whose health providers sometimes or never listened carefully, explained things clearly, respected what they or their parents had to say, and spent enough time with them,^a 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		4.9	0.3	4.8	0.3	5.5	0.3	5.7	0.3	6.1	0.3	6.7	0.3
Age	0-5	5.2	0.5	5.2	0.5	5.8	0.5	6.1	0.6	6.4	0.5	6.9	0.5
Age	6-17	4.8	0.4	4.6	0.3	5.4	0.4	5.4	0.4	5.9	0.4	6.7	0.4
Gender	Male	5.1	0.4	4.9	0.4	5.8	0.5	6.1	0.4	6.1	0.4	6.6	0.4
Gender	Female	4.8	0.4	4.8	0.4	5.2	0.4	5.2	0.4	6.0	0.4	6.9	0.4
Race	White, single race	4.8	0.4	4.9	0.4	5.3	0.4	5.4	0.3	5.5	0.4	6.5	0.4
	Black, single race	5.1	0.9	5.1	0.6	5.7	0.7	6.3	0.8	7.5	0.9	7.1	0.7
	Asian, single race	DSU	DSU	3.5	1.0	DSU	DSU	7.6	2.3	12.5	3.0	10.2	2.6
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	4.7	1.2	DSU	DSU	6.7	1.8	7.9	1.8	6.7	1.6	10.1	2.3
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	4.5	0.4	4.4	0.3	4.8	0.3	5.2	0.4	5.6	0.4	6.1	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	4.2	0.4	4.2	0.4	4.4	0.4	4.8	0.4	4.8	0.4	5.6	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	5.1	0.9	4.8	0.6	5.7	0.7	6.3	0.9	7.5	0.9	7.1	0.7
	Hispanic, all races	6.8	0.7	7.0	0.6	8.8	0.8	7.9	0.7	8.4	0.7	10.2	0.8
Family income^b	Negative/poor	7.5	0.9	7.7	0.9	9.3	0.9	9.1	0.9	9.5	0.9	11.3	1.0
	Near poor/low	6.3	0.8	6.8	0.7	7.3	0.7	7.5	0.9	8.8	1.0	9.3	0.8
	Middle	4.3	0.6	4.4	0.4	5.3	0.6	5.4	0.5	5.4	0.6	6.2	0.6
	High	3.4	0.5	2.6	0.4	2.5	0.4	3.0	0.4	3.3	0.4	3.4	0.4
Health insurance	Any private	4.0	0.4	3.5	0.3	4.0	0.3	4.1	0.3	4.7	0.4	5.3	0.4
	Public only	6.5	0.6	7.7	0.6	8.6	0.6	8.8	0.8	9.4	0.7	10.6	0.8
	Uninsured	7.2	1.9	5.7	1.2	7.2	1.7	9.5	1.6	6.4	1.2	7.3	1.3
Location of residence^c	Metropolitan	4.9	0.4	4.8	0.3	5.4	0.3	5.6	0.4	6.2	0.4	6.8	0.4
	Large central metro	5.1	0.6	5.1	0.5	6.0	0.6	7.8	0.8	6.9	0.6	8.2	0.7
	Large fringe metro	4.4	0.7	3.7	0.7	4.2	0.5	4.5	0.5	4.9	0.6	5.6	0.6
	Medium metro	5.6	0.8	5.7	0.7	6.7	0.7	4.2	0.6	6.5	0.7	6.4	0.7
	Small metro	4.2	1.0	4.9	1.0	4.4	1.1	5.3	0.9	6.6	1.3	6.9	1.0
	Nonmetropolitan	5.3	0.9	5.2	0.7	6.1	0.9	5.9	0.8	5.5	0.7	6.3	0.6
	Micropolitan	6.2	1.1	5.9	0.9	6.0	1.1	5.7	1.1	5.7	0.8	6.3	0.8
	Noncore	3.8	1.0	DSU	DSU	6.3	1.3	6.3	1.4	5.1	1.3	6.4	1.0
Language spoken most often at home	English	4.5	0.4	4.6	0.3	5.0	0.3	5.4	0.3	5.6	0.4	6.3	0.3
Language spoken most often at home	Other	7.1	0.8	6.7	0.6	8.7	0.9	8.0	0.9	9.5	1.0	11.7	1.5
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	4.7	0.3	4.6	0.3	5.3	0.3	5.5	0.3	5.9	0.3	6.6	0.3
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	13.2	2.8	15.3	2.4	13.2	2.3	12.4	2.2	14.2	2.4	13.9	2.2
Children with special health care needs^c	Yes	5.9	0.7	6.0	0.6	6.1	0.5	7.2	0.7	7.1	0.6	8.2	0.7
Children with special health care needs^c	No	4.6	0.4	4.5	0.3	5.4	0.4	5.2	0.4	5.8	0.4	6.3	0.3
U.S. born	Yes	4.8	0.3	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	5.9	0.3	6.6	0.3
U.S. born	No	DSU	DSU	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	9.8	2.2	11.2	1.9

^a Composite measure of how often health providers sometimes or never listened carefully, explained things clearly, showed respect for what they had to say, and spent enough time with them. The weights are adjusted for nonresponse based on how many of the four questions had a response. For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix B: Detailed Methods.

^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 B: Detailed Methods.

DNC - Data have not been collected.

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_2-1: 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_2-1.html