Slide 11: Three Largest Disparities in Health Care Quality for Selecte

Slide Presentation of the 2008 National Healthcare Disparities Report

Slide 11

Three Largest Disparities in Health Care Quality for Selected Groups

A table displaying results for core measures for income groups. Measure and rate are relative to reference group, 2005 NHDR versus 2008 NHDR.

Group—Poor

Measure—Composite: Children whose parents reported poor communication with health providers:

• Relative rate 2005—3.3.
• Relative rate 2008—3.7.

Measure—Composite: Adults who can sometimes or never get care for illness or injury as soon as wanted:

• Relative rate 2005—2.3.
• Relative rate 2008—2.5.

Measure—Children ages 2-17 who did not have a dental visit:

• Relative rate 2005—2.0.

Measure—Women age 40 and over who reported they did not have a mammogram in the past 2 years:

• Relative rate 2008—2.1.

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