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2011 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports
Data Tables Appendix

Table 14_1_10.2b
Children 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 by ethnicity, United States, 2008
        Non-Hispanic    
    Total All races White Black Hispanic, all races
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   5.8 0.4 5.2 0.4 4.9 0.6 5.3 0.8 8.3 0.7
Age 0-5 6.2 0.6 5.6 0.8 5.6 1.0 4.5 1.0 7.9 0.9
6-17 5.6 0.5 5.0 0.5 4.5 0.7 5.8 0.9 8.6 1.0
Gender Male 5.8 0.5 4.9 0.6 4.6 0.7 5.2 1.0 9.2 1.0
Female 5.9 0.5 5.5 0.6 5.3 0.7 5.5 1.0 7.4 0.9
Family incomeb Negative/poor 8.6 1.1 8.3 1.4 7.6 2.1 8.5 1.7 9.1 1.6
Near poor/low 7.1 1.0 5.8 1.0 5.8 1.4 4.7 1.3 10.1 1.9
Middle 4.7 0.6 4.5 0.7 4.4 0.8 4.0 1.2 5.8 1.4
High 4.6 0.8 4.3 0.9 4.4 1.0 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Health insurance Any private 4.5 0.5 4.3 0.5 4.3 0.6 2.7 0.8 5.8 1.1
Public only 8.4 0.8 7.7 1.0 7.4 1.5 7.3 1.2 9.5 1.0
Uninsured 7.5 1.5 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU 12.2 2.8
Residence locationc Metropolitan 6.0 0.4 5.3 0.5 5.1 0.6 5.2 0.8 8.3 0.8
  Large central metro 6.1 0.8 5.1 0.9 DSU DSU 5.4 1.3 7.9 1.2
  Large fringe metro 5.0 0.7 4.8 0.8 4.4 0.9 DSU DSU 5.9 1.7
  Medium metro 6.1 0.8 5.0 1.0 5.0 1.4 DSU DSU 10.0 1.9
  Small metro 8.3 1.7 7.8 1.9 8.3 2.2 DSU DSU 11.7 3.2
Nonmetropolitan 5.1 1.0 4.8 1.0 4.1 1.1 6.4 1.1 8.0 2.1
  Micropolitan 4.7 1.1 4.6 1.2 DSU DSU 6.9 1.4 DSU DSU
  Noncore 5.7 1.6 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Language spoken most often at home English 5.4 0.4 5.1 0.5 5.0 0.6 5.1 0.7 7.9 1.2
Other 8.1 0.9 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU 8.7 0.9
Perceived health status Excellent/very good/good 5.7 0.4 5.2 0.5 4.9 0.6 5.3 0.8 8.1 0.7
Fair/poor 9.8 2.9 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
CSHCNd Yes 7.0 0.8 6.5 0.9 5.6 1.0 7.9 1.4 10.5 1.9
No 5.5 0.4 4.8 0.5 4.7 0.6 4.4 0.8 7.9 0.8
U.S. born Yes 5.7 0.4 5.2 0.4 5.0 0.6 5.1 0.7 8.0 0.7
No 9.8 2.3 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU 11.7 3.2

a. Denominator includes children 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. For more information, see the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) entry in Appendix B: Detailed Methods.

d. CSHCN: Children with special health care needs. For details, refer to the MEPS documentation for the 2008  Full Year Consolidated Data File at http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-121.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

 
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