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2008 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 9_2_1.1
Home health care patients who get better at taking their medication correctly, United States, 2004 and 2006
Population group 2006 2004
Percent SE Percent SE
Total 41.8 0.0 38.8 0.04
Age 0–64 46.2 0.1 43.0 0.13
65–74 52.2 0.1 48.7 0.09
75–84 43.2 0.1 40.1 0.06
85 and over 31.9 0.1 29.4 0.07
Gender Male 42.5 0.1 39.5 0.07
Female 41.3 0.1 38.4 0.05
Racea White only 42.2 0.1 39.0 0.05
Black only 42.2 0.1 39.3 0.12
Asian only 38.8 0.3 38.3 0.31
NHOPI only 39.1 0.9 37.9 0.93
AI/AN only 40.0 0.6 38.5 0.61
Multiple races 42.1 1.2 38.7 1.25
Ethnicitya Hispanic, all races 38.2 0.1 36.7 0.15
Non-Hispanic, White 42.2 0.1 39.0 0.05
Non-Hispanic, Black 42.2 0.1 39.3 0.12
Non-Hispanic, other 39.9 0.2 37.9 0.19

a Excludes records with missing values.

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

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Outcome and Assessment Information Set.

 

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