Table 4.13
Hospital patients age 18 and over who reported sometimes or never having good communications with nurses, United States, 2005 and 2006 |
| Population group |
2006 |
2005 |
| Percent |
Standard error |
Percent |
Standard error |
| Total |
|
8.0 |
0.1 |
DNA |
DNA |
| Race |
White only |
7.6 |
0.3 |
6.7 |
0.1 |
| Black only |
9.7 |
0.3 |
10.0 |
0.3 |
| Asian only |
8.7 |
0.4 |
8.0 |
0.7 |
| NHOPI only |
9.5 |
0.9 |
10.0 |
2.1 |
| AI/AN only |
10.7 |
0.6 |
8.7 |
1.1 |
| Multiple races |
9.7 |
0.5 |
8.7 |
0.7 |
| Ethnicity |
Hispanic, all races |
8.5 |
0.1 |
8.0 |
0.2 |
| Non-Hispanic, all races |
7.7 |
0.1 |
6.8 |
0.1 |
| Educationa |
Less than high school |
9.1 |
0.2 |
7.8 |
0.2 |
| High school graduate |
7.7 |
0.1 |
6.7 |
0.1 |
| At least some college |
7.7 |
0.1 |
6.7 |
0.1 |
| Language at home |
English |
7.8 |
0.2 |
6.8 |
0.1 |
| Spanish |
9.0 |
0.3 |
7.9 |
0.3 |
| Other |
9.6 |
0.4 |
7.7 |
0.6 |
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.
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