Table 10_1_17-1
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Population group | 2005 | 2000 | |||
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Ratea | SE | Ratea | SE | ||
Total | 0.97 | 0.01 | 0.76 | 0.01 | |
Age | 18–44 | 0.57 | 0.01 | 0.57 | 0.01 |
45–64 | 1.03 | 0.02 | 0.69 | 0.02 | |
65 and over | 1.28 | 0.02 | 0.99 | 0.02 | |
Age | 65–69 | 1.30 | 0.04 | 1.02 | 0.04 |
70–74 | 1.31 | 0.04 | 0.93 | 0.04 | |
75–79 | 1.25 | 0.04 | 0.99 | 0.04 | |
80–84 | 1.43 | 0.05 | 1.18 | 0.05 | |
85 and over | 1.06 | 0.04 | 0.85 | 0.05 | |
Gender | Male | 0.97 | 0.02 | 0.74 | 0.02 |
Female | 0.97 | 0.01 | 0.78 | 0.01 | |
Median income of patient's ZIP Code | First quartile (lowest income) | 0.75 | 0.02 | 0.74 | 0.02 |
Second quartile | 0.94 | 0.02 | 0.75 | 0.02 | |
Third quartile | 1.04 | 0.02 | 0.79 | 0.02 | |
Fourth quartile (highest income) | 1.13 | 0.02 | 0.77 | 0.02 | |
Location of patient residence | Large central metropolitan | 0.93 | 0.02 | 0.66 | 0.02 |
Large fringe metropolitan | 1.15 | 0.02 | 0.79 | 0.02 | |
Medium metropolitan | 0.76 | 0.02 | 0.83 | 0.02 | |
Small metropolitan | 0.91 | 0.03 | 0.66 | 0.03 | |
Micropolitan (nonmetro) | 1.09 | 0.03 | 0.89 | 0.03 | |
Noncore (nonmetro) | 0.97 | 0.03 | 0.83 | 0.04 | |
Expected payment source | Private insurance | 1.03 | 0.02 | 0.79 | 0.02 |
Medicare | 1.02 | 0.01 | 0.77 | 0.01 | |
Medicaid | 0.62 | 0.03 | 0.75 | 0.04 | |
Other insurance | 0.99 | 0.05 | 0.64 | 0.05 | |
Uninsured/self-pay/no charge | 0.53 | 0.05 | 0.38 | 0.05 | |
Region of inpatient treatment | Northeast | 1.04 | 0.02 | 0.82 | 0.02 |
Midwest | 1.16 | 0.02 | 0.73 | 0.02 | |
South | 0.74 | 0.02 | 0.73 | 0.02 | |
West | 1.10 | 0.02 | 0.80 | 0.02 | |
Ownership/control of hospital | Private, not for profit | 1.00 | 0.01 | 0.71 | 0.01 |
Private, for profit | 0.84 | 0.03 | 1.11 | 0.03 | |
Public | 0.89 | 0.03 | 0.80 | 0.03 | |
Teaching status of hospital | Teaching | 0.99 | 0.02 | 0.65 | 0.02 |
Nonteaching | 0.96 | 0.01 | 0.82 | 0.01 | |
Location of hospital | Large central metropolitan | 0.96 | 0.02 | 0.66 | 0.02 |
Large fringe metropolitan | 1.21 | 0.02 | 0.85 | 0.02 | |
Medium metropolitan | 0.76 | 0.02 | 0.84 | 0.02 | |
Small metropolitan | 0.79 | 0.03 | 0.62 | 0.03 | |
Micropolitan (nonmetro) | 1.23 | 0.03 | 0.87 | 0.04 | |
Noncore (nonmetro) | 1.25 | 0.07 | 1.39 | 0.07 | |
Bed size of hospital | Less than 100 | 1.12 | 0.03 | 0.87 | 0.03 |
100–299 | 0.96 | 0.02 | 0.82 | 0.02 | |
300–499 | 0.96 | 0.02 | 0.74 | 0.02 | |
500 or more | 0.93 | 0.02 | 0.64 | 0.02 |
a Rates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, comorbidities, and diagnosis-related group (DRG) clusters. When reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender, comorbidities, and DRG clusters; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age, comorbidities, and DRG clusters.
Key: SE: standard error.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample and AHRQ Quality Indicators, version 3.1.