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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 12_4_6.3d
Adults age 65 and over who received at least 1 of 11 prescription medicationsa in the calendar year that should be avoided for older patients, by education,b United States, 2006
    Total Less than high school High school graduate At least some college
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   2.39 0.29 2.49 0.49 2.12 0.48 2.55 0.49
Age 65–69 3.35 0.74 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
70–74 2.30 0.60 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
75–79 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
80 and over 1.93 0.45 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Gender Male 2.00 0.41 2.86 0.82 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Female 2.68 0.41 2.25 0.61 2.28 0.61 3.54 0.88
Race White, single race 2.50 0.33 2.65 0.57 2.09 0.52 2.77 0.54
Black, single race 2.22 0.64 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Asian, single race DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
NHOPI, single race DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
AI/AN, single race DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Multiple races DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 2.29 0.27 2.36 0.53 2.20 0.50 2.32 0.41
Non-Hispanic, White 2.39 0.30 2.53 0.64 2.17 0.54 2.52 0.45
Non-Hispanic, Black 2.17 0.64 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Hispanic DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Family incomec Negative/poor DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Near poor/low 2.56 0.53 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Middle 2.83 0.63 4.28 1.23 DSU DSU DSU DSU
High 2.31 0.48 DSU DSU DSU DSU 2.91 0.71
Health insurance Medicare only 1.97 0.52 2.76 0.82 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Medicare and private 2.56 0.37 DSU DSU 2.07 0.61 3.07 0.58
Medicare and other public 2.96 0.78 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Residence locationd Metropolitan 2.19 0.32 2.64 0.60 DSU DSU 2.53 0.56
  Large central metro 1.65 0.40 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
  Large fringe metro 3.09 0.64 DSU DSU DSU DSU 3.67 1.01
  Medium metro 2.73 0.81 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
  Small metro DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Nonmetropolitan 3.15 0.67 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
  Micropolitan 3.03 0.74 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
  Noncore DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Language spoken most often at home English 2.50 0.32 2.76 0.59 2.21 0.51 2.60 0.53
Other DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Perceived health status Excellent/very good/good 1.94 0.27 DSU DSU 1.56 0.41 2.29 0.45
Fair/poor 3.79 0.77 3.50 0.84 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Activity limitationsd Basic activities 3.32 0.65 3.35 0.85 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Complex activities DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Neither basic nor complex activities 1.90 0.30 DSU DSU DSU DSU 2.09 0.49

a Prescription medications received includes all prescribed medications initially purchased or otherwise obtained during calendar year, as well as any refills.

b 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.

c 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.

d For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

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

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