Table 8_2_1-1
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Population group | 2006 | 2005 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
Totalb | 80.4 | 0.0 | 74.1 | 0.0 | |
Gender | Male | 80.8 | 0.0 | 74.0 | 0.0 |
Female | 80.0 | 0.0 | 72.9 | 0.0 | |
Race | White | 81.5 | 0.0 | 74.6 | 0.0 |
Black | 76.9 | 0.1 | 69.5 | 0.1 | |
Hispanic | 74.2 | 0.1 | 66.2 | 0.1 | |
Native American | 76.8 | 0.4 | 73.3 | 0.4 | |
Asian | 75.8 | 0.2 | 68.7 | 0.2 | |
Age | Under 65 | DNA | DNA | DNA | DNA |
65–74 | 79.9 | 0.1 | 72.5 | 0.1 | |
75–84 | 80.8 | 0.0 | 73.4 | 0.0 | |
85 and over | 79.9 | 0.1 | 72.2 | 0.1 |
a Recommended hospital care for pneumonia includes collecting blood cultures before administering the first dose of antibiotics, administering the first dose of antibiotics within 4 hours of patient's arrival at the hospital, administering the recommended empirical antibiotic regimen consistent with current guidelines (excluding health care-associated patients), screening for influenza vaccine status and vaccinating prior to discharge for patients age 50 and over discharged during the winter, and screening for pneumococcal vaccine status and vaccinating prior to discharge for patients age 65 and over.
b The estimate for the Total row is based on State-level estimates whereas the estimates for the demographic categories are based on patient/episode-level data.
DNA - Data have not been analyzed.
Key: SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program.