Table 15_1_6-1

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 15_1_6.1
Outpatient visits per 100 population,^a by race, United States, 2005–2006
Population group		Total		Single race										Multiple races
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		352.9	10.6	370.5	12.0	301.0	16.9	301.2	33.2	726.2	204.1	180.0	26.8	76.5	8.6
Age	0–17	283.4	15.0	302.9	17.3	227.0	24.7	304.0	43.0	478.2	120.8	142.2	27.9	80.6	11.2
	18–44	248.1	9.0	260.6	10.4	230.0	14.4	167.3	17.2	*	*	127.0	25.8	53.8	10.0
	45–64	404.3	12.9	413.0	14.3	393.1	25.0	343.1	56.9	*	*	220.5	41.3	96.9	17.8
	65 and over	718.2	28.8	720.7	30.7	678.3	47.9	867.4	137.6	*	*	550.2	106.1	137.3	34.2
Gender	Female	407.0	12.3	427.3	13.9	356.1	20.0	327.0	34.9	964.1	269.0	214.8	34.5	85.7	10.9
Gender	Male	296.5	9.6	312.3	10.9	237.5	16.0	273.6	33.9	*	*	144.7	25.3	66.9	10.0
Residence location	MSA	364.0	12.6	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
Residence location	Non-MSA	295.6	38.0	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA

^a Year 2005 and 2006 rates use U.S. Census Bureau estimates of the civilian noninstitutionalized population as of July 1, 2005 and July 1, 2006 and are based on data from Census 2000.

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

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

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

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 15_1_6-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/15_healthcareutilization/T15_1_6-1.html