Table 16_8_4-1c

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_4.1c
Female Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and over who had a mammogram in the last 12 months, by income,^a United States, 2004
Population group		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		53.7	0.9	40.8	2.1	47.6	1.3	58.6	1.3	67.6	1.8
Age	65–74	61.9	1.3	50.6	3.4	55.9	1.9	65.2	1.9	71.9	2.3
	75–84	51.4	1.4	37.0	2.6	47.0	2.1	56.2	1.9	66.1	3.0
	85 and over	30.1	1.5	24.9	2.9	27.1	2.3	34.8	2.9	40.8	5.1
Race	White	54.2	1.0	39.6	2.6	47.4	1.4	58.6	1.4	68.0	1.7
	Black	54.3	2.3	43.9	3.8	54.0	4.5	65.2	5.8	70.5	9.4
	AI/AN	44.7	8.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	API	45.1	5.1	52.2	9.1	26.9	7.8	55.1	8.8	*	*
	Multiple races/other	49.6	4.0	39.9	8.1	51.6	6.4	52.5	8.1	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, White	54.8	1.0	40.1	3.0	47.4	1.5	58.7	1.4	68.0	1.8
	Non-Hispanic, Black	54.2	2.2	43.3	3.9	53.9	4.5	66.2	5.8	70.5	9.4
	Non-Hispanic, other	43.5	3.5	42.0	7.2	33.7	5.4	51.3	6.8	53.5	11.0
	Hispanic, all races	49.2	2.4	40.1	4.6	50.3	3.9	56.2	6.6	*	*
Health insurance	Medicare and Medicaid	42.7	2.0	38.4	2.4	48.3	3.3	*	*	*	*
	Medicare HMO	55.4	2.2	55.7	6.4	50.7	2.9	55.7	3.5	64.8	4.9
	Medicare and private	57.7	1.1	43.1	4.3	49.8	1.6	59.7	1.5	68.4	2.0
	Medicare fee for service only	33.4	3.4	36.7	7.1	26.1	4.2	47.8	8.4	*	*
Residence location	MSA	55.4	1.0	42.1	2.4	48.3	1.5	60.0	1.5	69.6	1.9
Residence location	Non-MSA	47.8	2.1	37.6	4.3	45.9	3.1	53.6	2.7	54.4	5.2
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	55.3	1.0	40.6	2.4	47.4	1.4	60.6	1.5	68.3	1.9
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	47.8	1.5	40.5	3.2	48.0	2.8	49.3	2.9	62.2	4.6
Functional limitations	No limitation	60.2	1.2	44.7	3.5	53.5	1.8	64.1	1.8	71.6	2.1
	IADLs only	54.1	2.0	43.5	3.9	51.3	3.5	56.0	3.9	68.7	4.3
	1–2 ADLs	46.7	1.5	40.9	4.3	40.2	2.7	52.9	3.0	57.8	4.6
	Three or more ADLs	30.8	2.3	28.5	3.6	28.9	3.4	34.6	4.8	34.8	7.6
	At least 1 ADL/IADL	46.2	1.1	38.3	2.3	41.8	1.9	50.8	2.2	59.9	3.0

^a Estimates are for full-year community residents age 65 and over. 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_4-1c: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/16_prioritypopulations/T16_8_4-1c.html