Table 8_2_6-1

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_6.1
Hospital patients age 65 and over with pneumonia who received pneumococcal screening or vaccination, United States, 2005 and 2006
Population group		2006		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total^a		73.9	1.5	62.2	1.5
Gender	Male	74.4	0.1	61.5	0.1
Gender	Female	74.3	0.1	61.0	0.1
Race	White	76.5	0.1	63.9	0.1
	Black	65.3	0.3	49.1	0.3
	Hispanic	61.7	0.3	44.7	0.3
	Native American	68.8	0.9	57.2	1.1
	Asian	60.5	0.5	45.7	0.6
Age	65–74	74.6	0.1	61.9	0.1
	75–84	75.4	0.1	62.6	0.1
	85 and over	72.5	0.1	58.5	0.1

^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_6-1: 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_6-1.html