Table 16_8_2-1a

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 16_8_2.1a
Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and over who had an eye examination in the last 12 months,^a by race, United States, 2004
Population group		Total		White		Black		AI/AN		API		Multiple races/other
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		61.7	0.8	62.5	0.8	58.5	2.2	52.9	7.8	56.3	4.0	57.3	3.2
Age	65–74	59.1	1.0	59.1	1.0	61.1	3.0	51.8	8.6	58.2	5.8	56.6	3.8
	75–84	65.1	1.0	66.5	1.0	55.1	2.8	*	*	57.0	6.0	54.9	6.1
	85 and over	63.2	1.2	64.6	1.4	54.1	4.5	*	*	*	*	69.9	7.1
Gender	Male	59.5	1.1	60.4	1.1	55.8	3.4	45.4	9.3	56.7	6.4	51.6	4.7
Gender	Female	63.4	0.8	64.2	0.9	60.3	2.5	60.7	9.6	56.1	4.9	61.6	4.6
Income^b	Negative/poor	52.8	1.6	54.0	2.0	51.3	3.1	*	*	45.5	8.0	52.6	7.0
	Near poor/low	58.0	1.1	58.6	1.1	58.3	3.1	47.4	10.4	51.0	6.9	55.4	6.2
	Middle	64.5	1.3	64.6	1.4	62.3	4.4	*	*	74.4	6.3	61.2	5.6
	High	67.2	1.3	67.5	1.3	69.0	5.8	*	*	61.6	9.2	67.8	8.3
Health insurance	Medicare and Medicaid	53.1	1.8	52.8	2.3	53.4	3.3	*	*	52.3	5.4	53.5	6.5
	Medicare HMO	65.5	1.7	66.5	1.7	62.1	6.7	*	*	70.5	9.1	53.2	11.0
	Medicare and private	64.6	0.9	64.7	0.9	66.6	3.4	57.5	8.9	57.8	6.1	63.7	4.8
	Medicare fee for service only	43.1	2.6	42.7	2.6	45.8	5.2	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location	MSA	63.3	0.8	64.1	0.8	61.3	2.5	58.4	9.6	55.3	4.1	59.4	3.6
Residence location	Non-MSA	56.4	2.0	57.5	2.0	44.5	3.6	44.9	13.3	*	*	48.4	7.0
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	62.2	0.9	62.9	0.9	59.2	2.7	46.5	9.2	57.6	4.5	57.8	3.6
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	60.2	1.2	61.1	1.4	56.9	3.7	*	*	48.7	8.6	57.3	6.5
Functional limitations	No limitation	61.7	1.0	62.2	1.0	61.1	3.3	47.7	9.2	55.4	5.1	58.9	4.8
	IADLs only	64.2	1.5	65.2	1.6	56.9	5.0	*	*	*	*	57.6	7.4
	1–2 ADLs	63.6	1.2	64.7	1.2	57.0	3.9	*	*	54.1	8.9	62.6	7.5
	Three or more ADLs	53.2	2.0	54.1	2.2	50.7	5.8	*	*	*	*	43.5	7.7
	At least 1 ADL/IADL	61.7	0.9	62.9	1.0	55.4	2.5	59.9	10.3	58.0	6.7	55.6	4.7

^a Estimates are for full-year community residents age 65 and over.

^b Negative/poor refers to incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over 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.

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

Key: API: Asian or Pacific Islander; AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; HMO: Health Maintenance Organization; MSA: metropolitan statistical area; IADLs: instrumental activities of daily living; ADLs: activities of daily living; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 16_8_2-1a: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/16_prioritypopulations/T16_8_2-1a.html