Table 8_3_3-1

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_3_3.1
People ages 5–56 with persistent asthma who were prescribed medications acceptable as primary therapy for long-term control of asthma, United States, 2005 and 2007
Population group		2007			2005
Population group		Number of health plans	Percent	SE	Number of health plans	Percent	SE
Total		390	91.1	8.7	388	89.2	10.0
Region	Northeast	88	91.7	9.7	90	89.6	12.4
	South	109	92.0	7.4	101	89.5	16.6
	Midwest	101	91.1	10.6	107	89.5	17.4
	West	83	91.2	16.9	81	89.6	22.3

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: National Committee for Quality Assurance, Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 8_3_3-1: 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_3_3-1.html