Table 5_2_2-2a

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 5_2_2.2a
Adult patients with HIV and CD4 count <200 who received *Pneumocystis* pneumonia (PCP) prophylaxis,^a by race/ethnicity, United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Non-Hispanic, White		Non-Hispanic, Black		Hispanic		Other
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		90.6	0.5	91.1	1.0	90.6	0.7	90.3	1.1	90.7	4.5
Age	18–44	90.8	0.7	91.1	1.3	90.8	1.0	91.2	1.4	*	*
Age	45 and over	90.2	0.8	91.1	1.6	90.3	1.2	88.6	2.1	*	*
Gender	Male	91.9	0.6	91.8	1.0	92.6	0.8	91.0	1.3	91.7	4.7
Gender	Female	86.5	1.2	84.9	3.9	86.3	1.5	87.4	2.6	*	*
Health insurance	Private	90.6	1.7	86.9	3.3	92.7	2.2	93.3	4.6	*	*
	Medicaid/dual eligible	90.0	0.9	91.4	2.1	90.4	1.1	88.4	1.9	*	*
	Medicare	93.3	1.1	94.6	1.7	93.3	1.7	90.3	3.1	*	*
	Other/uninsured	93.3	1.1	95.1	1.7	92.2	1.7	94.4	1.9	*	*

^a For HIV patients having at least two CD4 tests < 200 during the year.

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

Key: PCP: Pneumocystis pneumonia; SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Delivery, Organization and Markets, HIV Research Network.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 5_2_2-2a: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/5_hiv_aids/T5_2_2-2a.html