Table 5_2_3-1

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_3.1
Adult patients with HIV and CD4 count <50 who received *Mycobacterium avium* complex (MAC) prophylaxis,^a United States, 2003 and 2005
Population group		2005			2003
Population group		Sample size	Percent	SE	Sample size	Percent	SE
Total		915	87.1	1.1	957	84.3	1.2
Age	18–44	624	86.1	1.4	672	85.6	1.4
Age	45 and over	291	89.3	1.8	285	81.4	2.3
Race	Non-Hispanic, White	187	83.4	2.7	191	81.2	2.8
	Non-Hispanic, Black	545	87.2	1.4	573	85.5	1.5
	Hispanic	167	90.4	2.3	177	84.2	2.8
	Other	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	667	87.7	1.3	724	84.3	1.4
Gender	Female	238	85.3	2.3	233	84.5	2.4
Health insurance	Private	73	90.4	3.5	60	85.0	4.6
	Medicaid/dual eligible	364	88.7	1.7	410	86.8	1.7
	Medicare	151	81.5	3.2	127	82.7	3.4
	Other/uninsured	159	88.1	2.6	151	86.8	2.8

^a For HIV patients having at least two CD4 tests < 50 during the year.

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

Key: MAC: Mycobacterium avium complex; 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_3-1: 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_3-1.html