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National Healthcare Disparities Report - LDI Health Economist

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Patient Centeredness<br />

Figure 5.5. Adult hospital patients who reported poor communication with nurses and with doctors, by<br />

race, ethnicity, education, and language, 2008<br />

10<br />

Communication With Nurses<br />

8<br />

Chapter 5<br />

Percent<br />

6<br />

4<br />

2<br />

0<br />

White<br />

Black<br />

Asian<br />

NHOPI<br />

AI/AN<br />

>1 Race<br />

Non-Hispanic White<br />

Hispanic<br />

< High School<br />

High School Grad<br />

Any College<br />

English at Home<br />

Spanish at Home<br />

Other Language<br />

10<br />

Communication With Doctors<br />

8<br />

Percent<br />

6<br />

4<br />

2<br />

0<br />

White<br />

Black<br />

Asian<br />

NHOPI<br />

AI/AN<br />

>1 Race<br />

Non-Hispanic White<br />

Hispanic<br />

< High School<br />

High School Grad<br />

Any College<br />

English at Home<br />

Spanish at Home<br />

Other Language<br />

Key: NHOPI = Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific<br />

Islander; AI/AN = American Indian or Alaska Native.<br />

Source: Agency for <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> Research and Quality,<br />

Hospital CAHPS® (Consumer Assessment of<br />

<strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> Providers and Systems) Survey, 2008.<br />

Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. Poor<br />

communication is defined as responded “sometimes”<br />

or “never” to the set of survey questions: “During this<br />

hospital stay, how often did doctors/nurses treat you<br />

with courtesy and respect” “During this hospital stay,<br />

how often did doctors/nurses listen carefully to you”<br />

and “During this hospital stay, how often did<br />

doctors/nurses explain things in a way you could<br />

understand”<br />

170 <strong>National</strong> <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> Quality <strong>Report</strong>, 2011

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