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2011 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.

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People with a usual source of care whose health care providers sometimes or never asked for person's help to make treatment decisions, by family income,^a United States, 2008
		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		15.6	0.6	19.2	1.2	16.2	1.2	14.9	0.8	14.9	0.7
Age	0-17	15.6	0.9	18.2	1.7	16.2	1.9	12.4	1.4	17.1	1.5
	18-44	16.3	0.8	18.8	1.5	17.7	1.6	16.0	1.2	15.4	1.2
	45-64	14.7	0.7	20.8	2.1	13.6	1.7	15.3	1.2	13.7	0.9
	65 and over	16.0	1.1	21.2	2.5	16.6	1.8	17.0	1.8	13.4	1.8
Gender	Male	15.7	0.6	17.7	1.4	17.1	1.4	15.0	1.0	15.1	0.8
Gender	Female	15.6	0.6	20.2	1.4	15.5	1.2	14.7	0.9	14.6	0.9
Race	White, single race	15.0	0.6	19.4	1.6	16.3	1.4	14.2	1.0	14.0	0.8
	Black, single race	17.5	1.3	18.0	1.9	14.4	1.8	17.0	1.8	21.0	2.6
	Asian, single race	23.6	2.5	17.9	4.9	22.6	5.2	29.9	5.5	21.5	2.8
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	14.0	3.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	16.0	2.4	25.8	6.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	15.1	4.2
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	15.2	0.6	18.6	1.4	15.7	1.3	14.6	0.9	14.6	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, White	14.3	0.7	18.6	2.0	15.8	1.6	13.6	1.1	13.6	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, Black	17.5	1.3	17.6	1.9	14.5	1.8	17.3	1.8	21.1	2.6
	Hispanic, all races	18.4	1.1	20.8	2.1	18.1	1.9	16.9	1.8	17.8	2.3
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	18.7	1.1	24.4	2.0	18.6	2.0	14.8	1.5	17.8	2.2
	High school graduate	16.2	0.8	18.7	2.0	15.4	1.5	17.5	1.4	14.7	1.3
	At least some college	14.5	0.7	16.0	2.1	15.2	1.4	15.2	1.2	13.8	0.9
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	15.6	0.6	19.4	2.1	16.9	1.5	15.3	1.0	15.0	0.8
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	15.6	1.0	19.7	1.7	14.0	2.1	17.4	1.8	10.8	1.5
Health insurance, ages 0-64	Any private	14.8	0.6	16.6	2.5	15.6	1.8	14.1	1.0	15.0	0.8
	Public only	17.5	1.1	18.2	1.4	17.2	1.8	17.3	2.6	11.8	3.5
	Uninsured	18.1	1.4	25.0	2.9	15.1	2.5	15.6	2.0	18.2	3.5
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	14.3	1.5	18.4	4.2	15.9	2.7	14.3	2.7	11.0	2.8
	Medicare and private	15.5	1.5	15.6	3.6	13.8	2.7	18.3	2.7	14.4	2.3
	Medicare and other public	25.4	2.8	31.1	4.1	26.3	5.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	16.2	0.6	19.6	1.4	17.4	1.3	15.7	1.0	15.1	0.8
	Large central metro	16.9	1.1	18.1	1.6	18.0	2.0	16.6	1.7	16.0	1.5
	Large fringe metro	16.3	1.2	17.9	3.1	18.2	2.9	15.4	1.7	16.0	1.6
	Medium metro	14.5	1.2	19.7	2.5	14.2	2.3	13.9	2.3	13.4	1.7
	Small metro	17.4	1.6	26.8	4.4	20.5	4.2	17.1	2.5	12.4	1.6
	Nonmetropolitan	12.9	1.3	17.5	2.4	11.5	1.8	11.7	1.7	13.3	2.2
	Micropolitan	12.9	1.8	19.4	3.7	9.6	2.3	12.2	2.1	13.1	3.1
	Noncore	12.9	1.8	14.3	2.7	14.6	3.5	10.7	2.9	13.7	3.7
Language spoken most often at home	English	15.2	0.6	18.8	1.3	15.8	1.3	14.4	0.9	14.7	0.8
Language spoken most often at home	Other	18.8	1.4	20.0	2.8	17.9	2.2	19.1	2.6	18.3	2.8
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	15.1	0.6	17.9	1.3	16.2	1.3	14.3	0.9	14.5	0.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	19.5	1.1	24.2	1.9	16.0	1.9	19.3	1.9	19.1	2.2
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	18.5	1.2	22.7	2.1	18.6	2.2	19.9	2.0	14.8	1.8
	Complex activities	19.9	1.5	24.3	2.5	16.8	2.8	21.5	2.4	16.9	3.0
	Neither basic nor complex activities	15.1	0.6	18.8	1.5	15.5	1.2	15.3	1.0	14.2	0.8
U.S. born	Yes	15.2	0.6	19.0	1.3	15.6	1.2	14.5	0.9	14.5	0.8
U.S. born	No	19.2	1.2	20.1	2.5	20.6	2.5	18.5	2.1	18.6	1.9

^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.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: T14_1_14_2c: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/14_patientcenteredness/T14_1_14_2c.html