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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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Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers sometimes or never spent enough time with them,^a United States, 2002-2008
		2008		2007		2006		2005		2004		2003		2002
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		13.2	0.4	13.3	0.4	13.9	0.4	13.9	0.4	13.4	0.4	13.9	0.4	15.3	0.4
Age	18-44	16.6	0.7	16.1	0.6	16.6	0.6	17.4	0.7	17.1	0.5	17.0	0.7	19.2	0.6
	45-64	12.2	0.6	12.5	0.5	13.2	0.6	12.3	0.5	11.3	0.5	12.7	0.6	13.1	0.5
	65 and over	7.8	0.6	8.6	0.7	9.4	0.6	9.2	0.7	8.8	0.6	8.9	0.7	9.8	0.7
Gender	Male	12.6	0.5	12.6	0.5	13.2	0.5	13.8	0.6	12.6	0.5	13.4	0.6	14.9	0.5
Gender	Female	13.6	0.5	13.8	0.5	14.4	0.5	14.1	0.4	14.0	0.4	14.3	0.5	15.5	0.5
Race	White, single race	12.6	0.4	12.9	0.4	13.3	0.4	13.2	0.4	12.8	0.4	13.5	0.4	14.8	0.4
	Black, single race	16.2	0.9	14.2	1.0	14.9	1.0	18.0	1.2	15.3	1.1	14.7	1.3	15.9	1.0
	Asian, single race	15.9	2.0	15.7	1.9	22.4	2.6	18.2	2.5	19.1	2.0	19.9	2.1	20.0	2.1
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	19.9	5.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	11.8	3.3	22.2	3.3
	Multiple races	19.1	3.2	22.1	3.7	20.0	3.9	12.9	2.8	18.5	3.3	18.9	3.1	21.7	4.0
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	13.0	0.5	13.2	0.4	13.8	0.4	13.7	0.4	13.1	0.4	13.4	0.4	14.6	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	12.2	0.5	12.7	0.5	13.0	0.5	12.9	0.4	12.3	0.4	12.9	0.4	14.0	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	16.2	0.9	14.3	1.0	14.9	1.0	18.1	1.2	15.1	1.1	14.3	1.2	15.9	1.0
	Hispanic, all races	15.1	0.9	14.1	1.1	15.4	1.0	16.3	1.2	16.6	1.0	18.9	1.1	21.6	1.3
Family income^b	Negative/poor	17.7	1.2	17.5	1.1	17.4	1.2	20.0	1.2	19.1	1.3	19.5	1.1	20.5	1.1
	Near poor/low	16.6	0.9	16.8	1.0	17.1	1.0	15.5	0.9	14.7	0.8	15.9	1.0	16.4	0.8
	Middle	13.2	0.7	12.6	0.7	15.6	0.8	14.6	0.8	14.0	0.6	14.5	0.7	15.9	0.7
	High	10.9	0.6	11.8	0.6	11.1	0.5	11.7	0.6	11.3	0.6	11.7	0.6	13.3	0.5
Education^c	Less than high school	15.9	1.1	14.5	0.8	15.9	0.9	17.5	1.0	14.9	0.8	15.8	0.8	17.3	0.9
	High school graduate	13.5	0.7	11.5	0.7	14.5	0.6	13.5	0.6	12.8	0.6	13.4	0.6	14.7	0.6
	At least some college	12.3	0.5	13.8	0.5	13.0	0.5	13.0	0.5	13.3	0.5	13.6	0.5	14.8	0.5
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	14.2	0.5	14.1	0.5	14.6	0.5	14.5	0.5	14.3	0.5	14.7	0.6	16.4	0.5
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	15.7	0.9	15.6	0.9	16.6	0.8	17.1	0.9	15.4	0.8	17.0	0.9	17.1	0.8
Health insurance, ages 18-64	Any private	12.8	0.5	13.0	0.5	13.4	0.5	13.5	0.5	12.9	0.5	13.8	0.5	15.3	0.5
	Public only	20.7	1.3	19.2	1.4	23.0	1.5	20.4	1.4	19.4	1.2	19.0	1.2	19.7	1.3
	Uninsured	20.6	1.4	21.1	1.5	20.8	1.5	22.9	1.4	24.1	1.4	22.9	1.5	24.7	1.4
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	7.7	1.0	9.4	1.3	9.4	1.3	11.2	1.5	9.3	1.3	8.9	1.2	11.2	1.6
	Medicare and private	7.6	0.9	7.3	0.9	8.3	0.8	7.3	0.7	8.4	0.8	8.7	0.9	9.0	0.9
	Medicare and other public	10.1	1.7	11.5	1.9	15.5	2.2	14.3	2.6	9.9	1.7	10.5	2.4	11.4	1.7
Residence location^d	Metropolitan	13.4	0.5	13.3	0.4	14.0	0.4	14.3	0.4	13.5	0.4	14.1	0.5	15.7	0.4
	Large central metro	13.7	0.7	15.8	0.8	14.7	0.8	16.1	0.8	15.5	0.7	16.2	0.7	18.2	0.8
	Large fringe metro	13.2	0.8	11.7	0.8	13.7	0.7	13.0	0.7	13.9	0.7	14.3	0.8	15.4	0.7
	Medium metro	12.8	1.1	12.2	0.7	14.0	0.8	13.4	0.8	10.9	0.8	13.3	1.0	13.3	0.9
	Small metro	14.3	1.4	12.2	1.4	12.4	1.1	14.4	1.2	11.9	1.1	9.0	1.0	14.7	1.3
	Nonmetropolitan	12.0	1.0	13.2	1.0	13.5	0.8	12.1	0.7	13.0	0.9	13.0	0.8	12.9	0.6
	Micropolitan	13.5	1.2	14.1	1.3	14.4	1.0	12.7	0.9	13.6	1.2	12.7	1.1	12.6	0.8
	Noncore	8.8	1.4	11.5	1.6	11.8	1.6	10.8	1.0	12.1	1.2	13.6	1.3	13.3	1.0
Language spoken most often at home	English	12.7	0.4	13.0	0.4	13.6	0.4	13.7	0.4	13.0	0.4	13.3	0.4	14.7	0.4
Language spoken most often at home	Other	18.1	1.4	16.1	1.3	17.9	1.5	16.8	1.4	17.7	1.4	21.6	1.5	21.9	1.5
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	11.6	0.4	12.2	0.4	12.8	0.4	12.8	0.4	12.5	0.4	13.1	0.4	14.3	0.4
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	21.3	1.0	19.2	1.1	20.0	1.1	19.8	1.0	18.2	0.9	18.4	1.0	20.6	0.8
Activity limitations^d	Basic activities	16.2	0.9	14.1	0.9	16.3	0.9	17.0	1.0	15.1	0.9	15.9	0.8	15.4	0.9
	Complex activities	20.1	1.3	17.6	1.2	19.3	1.3	19.6	1.2	18.4	1.1	18.5	1.3	18.2	1.1
	Neither basic nor complex activities	12.5	0.4	13.0	0.5	13.3	0.4	13.1	0.4	12.9	0.4	13.4	0.5	15.2	0.4
U.S. born	Yes	12.8	0.4	13.1	0.4	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	13.2	0.4	14.7	0.4
U.S. born	No	15.6	1.0	14.8	1.0	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	18.9	1.2	19.3	1.2

^a. Denominator includes adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months, excluding missing data.

^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. 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.

^d. For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix B: Detailed Methods.

DNC - Data not 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: T14_1_9_1: 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_9_1.html