Table 8_2_9-1

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_9.1
Patients with tuberculosis who completed a curative course of treatment within 1 year of initiation of treatment,^a United States, 1998 and 2004
Population group		2004		1998
Population group		Number	Percent^b	Number	Percent^b
Total		10,418	81.9	12,501	79.1
Age	0–17	992	89.9	1,078	87.4
	18–44	4,704	80.4	5,448	76.6
	45–64	3,005	81.2	3,437	79.1
	65 and over	1,717	83.1	2,538	81.4
Race	Black	2,968	82.4	3,924	77.2
	White	4,734	81.1	5,703	79.8
	Other	2,716	82.7	2,874	80.3
Gender	Male	6,216	80.4	7,678	78.5
Gender	Female	4,202	80.4	4,822	80.1
Ethnicity	Hispanic	2,978	79.6	2,876	78.7
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic	7,440	82.9	9,617	79.2

^a Only cases with known age, sex, race, and ethnicity are shown in this table. Since 2004, the calculation of completion of therapy (COT) has been changed.

^b Numbers shown are only for cases completing therapy within 12 months.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National TB Surveillance System.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 8_2_9-1: 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_9-1.html