Table 12_3_6-1
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.
| 2006 | 2000 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population group | Rateb | SE | Rateb | SE | |
| Total | 24.6 | 0.0 | 20.5 | 0.1 | |
| Age | 18–44 | 6.0 | 0.1 | 4.7 | 0.1 |
| 45–64 | 16.2 | 0.1 | 12.0 | 0.1 | |
| 65 and over | 35.1 | 0.1 | 29.6 | 0.1 | |
| 65–69 | 25.4 | 0.2 | 19.7 | 0.2 | |
| 70–74 | 26.0 | 0.2 | 20.3 | 0.2 | |
| 75–79 | 34.1 | 0.2 | 28.2 | 0.2 | |
| 80–84 | 33.7 | 0.2 | 29.3 | 0.2 | |
| 85 and over | 50.3 | 0.2 | 46.6 | 0.2 | |
| Gender | Male | 24.1 | 0.1 | 19.9 | 0.1 |
| Female | 25.9 | 0.1 | 22.0 | 0.1 | |
| Median income of patient's ZIP code | First quartile (lowest income) | 26.5 | 0.1 | 21.2 | 0.1 |
| Second quartile | 23.1 | 0.1 | 19.3 | 0.1 | |
| Third quartile | 23.6 | 0.1 | 20.6 | 0.1 | |
| Fourth quartile (highest income) | 24.6 | 0.1 | 20.8 | 0.1 | |
| Location of patient residence | Large central metropolitan | 30.7 | 0.1 | 26.1 | 0.1 |
| Large fringe metropolitan | 24.4 | 0.1 | 19.6 | 0.1 | |
| Medium metropolitan | 21.9 | 0.1 | 18.0 | 0.1 | |
| Small metropolitan | 20.6 | 0.2 | 16.9 | 0.2 | |
| Micropolitan (nonmetro) | 19.7 | 0.1 | 16.1 | 0.2 | |
| Noncore (nonmetro) | 18.1 | 0.2 | 17.1 | 0.2 | |
| Expected payment source | Private insurance | 20.3 | 0.1 | 15.2 | 0.1 |
| Medicare | 24.9 | 0.1 | 21.2 | 0.1 | |
| Medicaid | 32.6 | 0.2 | 26.2 | 0.2 | |
| Other insurance | 20.0 | 0.4 | 17.3 | 0.5 | |
| Uninsured/self-pay/no charge | 16.6 | 0.3 | 14.3 | 0.4 | |
| Region of inpatient treatment | Northeast | 30.7 | 0.1 | 22.8 | 0.1 |
| Midwest | 19.7 | 0.1 | 18.5 | 0.1 | |
| South | 23.6 | 0.1 | 20.2 | 0.1 | |
| West | 26.1 | 0.1 | 20.7 | 0.1 | |
| Ownership/control of hospital | Private, not for profit | 24.5 | 0.1 | 20.4 | 0.1 |
| Private, for profit | 26.2 | 0.1 | 22.4 | 0.1 | |
| Public | 23.1 | 0.1 | 18.4 | 0.2 | |
| Teaching status of hospital | Teaching | 29.7 | 0.1 | 24.0 | 0.1 |
| Nonteaching | 22.2 | 0.1 | 19.1 | 0.1 | |
| Location of hospital | Large central metropolitan | 29.6 | 0.1 | 25.0 | 0.1 |
| Large fringe metropolitan | 24.7 | 0.1 | 19.7 | 0.1 | |
| Medium metropolitan | 22.1 | 0.1 | 17.8 | 0.1 | |
| Small metropolitan | 19.6 | 0.2 | 17.2 | 0.2 | |
| Micropolitan (nonmetro) | 19.2 | 0.1 | 16.3 | 0.2 | |
| Noncore (nonmetro) | 18.3 | 0.2 | 18.6 | 0.2 | |
| Bed size of hospital | Less than 100 | 19.9 | 0.1 | 17.5 | 0.1 |
| 100–299 | 23.5 | 0.1 | 19.9 | 0.1 | |
| 300–499 | 24.9 | 0.1 | 21.7 | 0.1 | |
| 500 or more | 28.7 | 0.1 | 21.9 | 0.1 | |
a Also excludes admissions specifically for such problems, such as cases from earlier admissions or from other hospitals.
b Rates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, comorbidities, and diagnosis related group (DRG) clusters. When reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender, comorbidities, and DRG clusters; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age, comorbidities, and DRG clusters.
Key: SE: standard error.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample and AHRQ Quality Indicators, version 3.1.
Current as of March 2010
Internet Citation: Table 12_3_6-1: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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