Table 18_2_2-1c

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 18_2_2.1c
Adults age 65 and over who received influenza vaccination within the past year, by family income,^a California, 2007
		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		68.9	0.7	64.6	2.4	65.3	1.7	68.0	1.6	71.6	0.8
Health insurance	Medicare and private	71.7	0.8	65.7	4.4	69.1	2.3	70.1	1.9	73.3	0.9
	Medicare and public	64.9	1.8	66.9	3.0	62.4	3.1	65.9	4.2	66.2	4.7
	Medicare only	57.7	2.5	61.4	8.3	53.2	4.9	52.7	5.4	61.1	3.5
Education	Less than high school	65.7	2.0	65.2	3.4	64.2	3.4	67.0	4.5	68.7	5.3
	High school graduate	68.3	1.3	61.3	5.2	65.5	2.9	69.1	2.6	70.8	1.8
	At least some college	70.4	0.7	65.9	3.9	66.2	2.2	67.3	2.1	72.3	0.8
Residence location	Urban	69.2	0.7	65.8	2.5	65.2	1.9	67.6	1.8	72.3	0.9
Residence location	Rural	66.5	1.4	50.3	7.2	65.5	3.2	70.0	2.7	67.5	1.8
English proficiency	English only	69.7	0.7	58.8	3.2	63.8	1.8	69.5	1.7	72.5	0.8
	Well/very well	67.2	1.9	67.1	5.4	66.6	4.0	67.6	4.3	67.5	2.9
	Not well/not at all	66.3	2.7	67.5	3.8	67.9	5.0	51.7	8.2	68.4	7.5
Born in U.S.	Yes	69.9	0.7	60.0	2.9	65.5	1.7	69.7	1.7	72.4	0.8
Born in U.S.	No	66.0	1.7	67.6	3.4	64.9	3.7	60.8	4.4	67.7	2.7

^a Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 300 percent of the poverty line; and high, 300 percent of the poverty line and over. Missing values for family income were imputed using multiple imputation methodology. A small number of people were excluded because their family income could not be imputed.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Health Policy Research, California Health Interview Survey.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 18_2_2-1c: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/18_populations/T18_2_2-1c.html