Table 8_2_5-1

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 8_2_5.1
Hospital patients age 50 and over with pneumonia discharged during October-February who were screened for influenza vaccine status and were vaccinated prior to discharge, United States, 2005 and 2006
Population group		2006		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total^a		68.1	1.5	56.9	1.6
Gender	Male	68.2	0.1	55.4	0.1
Gender	Female	68.9	0.1	55.1	0.1
Race	White	70.7	0.1	57.9	0.1
	Black	60.0	0.3	43.9	0.3
	Hispanic	58.8	0.4	41.5	0.4
	Native American	58.8	1.1	56.4	1.3
	Asian	58.5	0.7	43.9	0.7
Age	Under 65	62.0	0.2	47.2	0.2
	65–74	70.0	0.2	57.0	0.2
	75–84	71.5	0.1	59.0	0.2
	85 and over	70.0	0.2	56.1	0.2

^a 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.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 8_2_5-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/8_respiratorydiseases/T8_2_5-1.html