Less Than Half Of Americans Are Fully Satisfied With Their Medical Care
Patients' perceptions of quality varied by race, ethnicity, and type of insurance.
-- Only about a third of Asians (31 percent) and American Indians and Alaska Natives (37 percent) rated their care a 9 or 10, compared with less than half of whites (49 percent) and blacks (46 percent). Just 43 percent of Hispanics reported that they were receiving high quality health care.
-- Slightly less than 60 percent of people age 65 and older who have Medicare, with or without additional private or public health insurance, rated their care the highest, compared with 46 percent of privately insured patients and 39 percent of uninsured Americans.
-- Men and women rated were nearly equal in how they viewed the quality of their care, respectively, 46 percent and 49 percent saw their care as excellent.
This AHRQ News and Numbers is based on data from the 2006 National Healthcare Quality Report, which examines the quality of health care across America in four key areas - effectiveness of health care, patient safety, timeliness of care, and patient centeredness.
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