Table 4_4_2-1
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Population group | 2005 | 2000 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ratea | SE | Ratea | SE | ||
Total | 26.7 | 0.3 | 41.9 | 0.3 | |
Age | 40–44 | 9.5 | 1.5 | 11.1 | 1.4 |
45–64 | 12.7 | 0.3 | 21.1 | 0.3 | |
65 and over | 37.1 | 0.5 | 56.6 | 0.4 | |
Age | 65–69 | 20.5 | 0.7 | 36.3 | 0.7 |
70–74 | 30.9 | 0.8 | 48.6 | 0.8 | |
75–79 | 44.9 | 1.0 | 65.0 | 1.0 | |
80–84 | 57.4 | 1.5 | 93.1 | 1.6 | |
85 and over | 72.9 | 3.1 | 106.7 | 3.3 | |
Gender | Male | 21.5 | 0.3 | 33.7 | 0.3 |
Female | 40.0 | 0.7 | 59.3 | 0.6 | |
Median income of patient's ZIP Code | First quartile (lowest income) | 28.6 | 0.6 | 42.3 | 0.6 |
Second quartile | 25.2 | 0.6 | 43.9 | 0.5 | |
Third quartile | 27.7 | 0.6 | 42.2 | 0.6 | |
Fourth quartile (highest income) | 24.7 | 0.6 | 38.3 | 0.6 | |
Location of patient residence | Large central metropolitan | 26.6 | 0.6 | 43.0 | 0.6 |
Large fringe metropolitan | 23.5 | 0.6 | 38.1 | 0.6 | |
Medium metropolitan | 28.0 | 0.6 | 39.1 | 0.7 | |
Small metropolitan | 27.6 | 1.0 | 54.3 | 1.0 | |
Micropolitan (nonmetro) | 29.6 | 1.0 | 42.5 | 0.9 | |
Noncore (nonmetro) | 27.6 | 1.0 | 40.9 | 1.0 | |
Expected payment source | Private insurance | 24.2 | 0.7 | 37.0 | 0.6 |
Medicare | 26.9 | 0.3 | 43.0 | 0.3 | |
Medicaid | 30.3 | 1.6 | 47.8 | 1.7 | |
Other insurance | 26.8 | 2.5 | 43.3 | 2.6 | |
Uninsured/self-pay/no charge | 31.1 | 2.3 | 42.7 | 2.3 | |
Region of inpatient treatment | Northeast | 24.2 | 0.7 | 39.8 | 0.6 |
Midwest | 25.6 | 0.6 | 41.7 | 0.6 | |
South | 28.6 | 0.5 | 43.3 | 0.5 | |
West | 26.3 | 0.7 | 41.0 | 0.8 | |
Ownership/control of hospital | Private, not for profit | 25.8 | 0.3 | 41.0 | 0.3 |
Private, for profit | 29.2 | 0.8 | 45.7 | 1.1 | |
Public | 30.9 | 1.1 | 48.0 | 1.1 | |
Teaching status of hospital | Teaching | 25.5 | 0.5 | 41.6 | 0.4 |
Nonteaching | 27.6 | 0.4 | 42.0 | 0.4 | |
Location of hospital | Large central metropolitan | 26.7 | 0.4 | 43.1 | 0.4 |
Large fringe metropolitan | 20.7 | 0.8 | 36.3 | 0.7 | |
Medium metropolitan | 28.8 | 0.6 | 40.8 | 0.6 | |
Small metropolitan | 26.4 | 1.0 | 50.4 | 0.9 | |
Micropolitan (nonmetro) | 38.3 | 2.2 | 27.8 | 3.0 | |
Noncore (nonmetro) | * | * | 494.2 | 59.8 | |
Bed size of hospital | Less than 100 | 30.4 | 3.8 | 36.9 | 4.6 |
100–299 | 28.0 | 0.6 | 41.4 | 0.6 | |
300–499 | 24.9 | 0.5 | 42.9 | 0.5 | |
500 or more | 27.3 | 0.5 | 40.9 | 0.5 |
a Rates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, and All Patient Refined-Diagnosis Related Group (APR-DRG) risk of mortality score. When reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender and APR-DRG risk of mortality score; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age and APR-DRG risk of mortality score.
* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
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.