Table 4_4_3-1
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Population group | 2005 | 2000 | |||
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Ratea | SE | Ratea | SE | ||
Total | 11.9 | 0.1 | 15.4 | 0.1 | |
Age | 40–44 | 4.5 | 0.4 | 5.0 | 0.4 |
45–64 | 7.0 | 0.1 | 7.2 | 0.1 | |
65 and over | 16.9 | 0.2 | 22.5 | 0.2 | |
Age | 65–69 | 8.7 | 0.3 | 14.6 | 0.3 |
70–74 | 13.6 | 0.3 | 16.4 | 0.4 | |
75–79 | 16.9 | 0.4 | 25.1 | 0.5 | |
80–84 | 25.1 | 0.6 | 32.3 | 0.7 | |
85 and over | 39.3 | 1.0 | 57.1 | 1.3 | |
Gender | Male | 10.4 | 0.1 | 12.4 | 0.1 |
Female | 15.3 | 0.2 | 19.9 | 0.2 | |
Median income of patient's ZIP Code | First quartile (lowest income) | 11.9 | 0.2 | 16.3 | 0.3 |
Second quartile | 12.1 | 0.2 | 15.7 | 0.2 | |
Third quartile | 12.3 | 0.2 | 15.4 | 0.3 | |
Fourth quartile (highest income) | 11.2 | 0.2 | 14.1 | 0.3 | |
Location of patient residence | Large central metropolitan | 11.2 | 0.2 | 15.4 | 0.2 |
Large fringe metropolitan | 10.9 | 0.2 | 15.1 | 0.3 | |
Medium metropolitan | 12.5 | 0.3 | 15.0 | 0.3 | |
Small metropolitan | 13.6 | 0.4 | 13.9 | 0.4 | |
Micropolitan (nonmetro) | 12.1 | 0.4 | 17.5 | 0.4 | |
Noncore (nonmetro) | 13.4 | 0.4 | 16.5 | 0.4 | |
Expected payment source | Private insurance | 11.4 | 0.3 | 12.6 | 0.3 |
Medicare | 11.6 | 0.1 | 16.1 | 0.2 | |
Medicaid | 14.6 | 0.6 | 19.7 | 0.7 | |
Other insurance | 14.5 | 0.9 | 14.0 | 1.2 | |
Uninsured/self-pay/no charge | 17.4 | 0.7 | 18.5 | 0.9 | |
Region of inpatient treatment | Northeast | 10.6 | 0.3 | 13.7 | 0.3 |
Midwest | 11.2 | 0.2 | 16.1 | 0.2 | |
South | 12.3 | 0.2 | 15.1 | 0.2 | |
West | 13.3 | 0.3 | 17.0 | 0.3 | |
Ownership/control of hospital | Private, not for profit | 11.5 | 0.1 | 15.1 | 0.1 |
Private, for profit | 13.0 | 0.3 | 16.7 | 0.4 | |
Public | 14.1 | 0.4 | 17.4 | 0.5 | |
Teaching status of hospital | Teaching | 10.9 | 0.2 | 14.9 | 0.2 |
Nonteaching | 12.6 | 0.2 | 15.7 | 0.2 | |
Location of hospital | Large central metropolitan | 11.2 | 0.2 | 15.6 | 0.2 |
Large fringe metropolitan | 10.9 | 0.3 | 14.9 | 0.3 | |
Medium metropolitan | 12.5 | 0.2 | 15.3 | 0.3 | |
Small metropolitan | 13.7 | 0.3 | 14.9 | 0.3 | |
Micropolitan (nonmetro) | 14.7 | 0.6 | 18.6 | 0.8 | |
Noncore (nonmetro) | * | * | * | * | |
Bed size of hospital | Less than 100 | 14.2 | 1.0 | 19.2 | 2.0 |
100–299 | 12.4 | 0.2 | 15.6 | 0.2 | |
300–499 | 12.3 | 0.2 | 15.0 | 0.2 | |
500 or more | 10.8 | 0.2 | 15.7 | 0.2 |
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.