2007 National Healthcare Quality Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 4.14

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Table 4.14
Hospital patients age 18 and over who reported sometimes or never having good communications about medications, United States, 2005 and 2006

Population group		2006		2005
Population group		Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error
Total		27.1	0.1	DNA	DNA
Race	White only	27.6	0.5	25.7	0.2
	Black only	25.4	0.6	24.0	0.6
	Asian only	23.9	0.7	22.8	1.5
	NHOPI only	22.1	1.7	18.2	3.8
	AI/AN only	24.4	1.3	22.8	2.4
	Multiple races	29.4	1.0	26.3	1.6
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	24.5	0.3	22.2	0.5
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	27.6	0.3	26.4	0.2
Education^a	Less than high school	24.5	0.3	23.3	0.5
	High school graduate	25.8	0.3	24.9	0.3
	At least some college	28.1	0.3	27.1	0.2
Language at home	English	27.5	0.5	26.3	0.2
	Spanish	20.2	0.6	20.1	0.8
	Other	25.0	0.8	22.2	1.3

^a 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.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, National CAHPS Benchmarking Database.