Table 10_1_1-2a

2009 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 10_1_1.2a
Female Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and over who reported ever being screened for osteoporosis with a bone mass or bone density measurement,^a by race, United States, 2006
		Total		White		Black		AI/AN		API		Multiple races/other
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		64.1	1.0	67.1	1.0	38.3	2.4	46.4	5.9	60.1	4.9	60.7	4.0
Age	65–74	67.1	1.3	70.6	1.3	43.5	3.6	44.0	9.9	63.3	7.4	60.4	5.2
	75–84	64.4	1.3	67.3	1.3	33.4	3.4	DSU	DSU	55.8	6.8	65.7	6.1
	85 and over	53.4	1.6	55.6	1.7	28.4	4.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	49.0	9.4
Income^b	Negative/poor	46.4	1.6	50.7	2.0	29.1	3.0	DSU	DSU	57.1	7.9	52.8	7.4
	Near poor/low	56.8	1.3	59.1	1.4	36.2	3.3	DSU	DSU	53.4	7.0	54.9	6.5
	Middle	72.3	1.2	74.2	1.3	48.0	4.9	DSU	DSU	63.7	11.5	68.2	6.2
	High	80.4	2.0	80.3	2.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance	Medicare and Medicaid	42.7	1.8	46.3	2.1	30.6	4.0	DSU	DSU	45.1	6.1	51.8	6.8
	Medicare HMO	65.0	1.7	67.9	1.7	41.0	4.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	56.8	14.1
	Medicare and private	71.1	1.0	72.0	1.1	50.1	4.2	DSU	DSU	89.7	4.5	68.9	5.4
	Medicare fee-for-service only	52.8	2.2	56.3	2.4	29.2	5.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location	MSA	65.6	1.0	69.0	1.0	40.4	2.6	DSU	DSU	62.9	4.8	59.6	4.4
Residence location	Non-MSA	59.0	2.4	61.3	2.5	23.7	4.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	66.9	8.7
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	66.2	1.1	68.8	1.1	40.0	2.7	43.4	8.3	60.5	5.2	62.3	4.6
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	56.3	1.5	59.8	1.6	34.7	3.5	DSU	DSU	59.2	8.6	56.0	7.2
Functional limitations	No limitation	66.9	1.2	69.5	1.3	44.3	3.5	DSU	DSU	62.6	7.0	58.4	6.3
	IADL only	63.9	1.6	66.8	1.6	40.1	5.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	1–2 ADLs	60.4	1.7	63.8	1.9	28.4	4.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	68.3	6.2
	More than 3 ADLs	56.6	2.2	59.8	2.4	30.9	5.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	At least 1 ADL/IADL	60.8	1.1	64.1	1.2	32.5	2.8	52.0	7.4	57.0	5.7	62.9	5.0

^a Estimates are for full-year community residents age 65 and over.

^b Negative/poor refers to incomes $10,000 or less; near poor/low, $10,001-$20,000; middle, $20,001-$40,000; and high, more than $40,000.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; API: Asian or Pacific Islander; HMO: health maintenance organization; MSA: metropolitan statistical area; IADLs: instrumental activities of daily living; ADLs: activities of daily living; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 10_1_1-2a: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/10_functional_status/T10_1_1-2a.html