Table 5_2_3-2a

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_3.2a
Adult patients with HIV and CD4 count <50 who received *Mycobacterium avium* complex (MAC) 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		87.1	1.1	83.4	2.7	87.2	1.4	90.4	2.3	*	*
Age	18–44	86.1	1.4	79.4	3.5	86.3	1.8	92.7	2.4	*	*
Age	45 and over	89.3	1.8	92.9	3.5	89.0	2.3	84.1	5.6	*	*
Gender	Male	87.7	1.3	83.3	2.9	88.1	1.7	92.2	2.5	*	*
Gender	Female	85.3	2.3	*	*	84.9	2.7	87.0	5.0	*	*
Health insurance	Private	90.4	3.5	*	*	91.3	4.2	*	*	*	*
	Medicaid/dual eligible	88.7	1.7	84.1	5.6	88.2	2.1	92.6	3.2	*	*
	Medicare	81.5	3.2	75.0	6.3	84.9	4.2	*	*	*	*
	Other/uninsured	88.1	2.6	83.3	5.8	87.7	3.7	94.3	4.0	*	*

^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_3-2a: 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_3-2a.html