Table 22_1_1-1b

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 22_1_1.1b
Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and over who had an influenza vaccination in the last winter,^a by ethnicity, United States, 2005
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		64.6	0.7	65.6	0.7	67.1	0.7	49.6	2.3	52.3	2.8
Age	65–74	58.1	1.1	59.2	1.1	60.3	1.1	48.9	3.2	45.8	3.4
	75–84	71.2	0.8	71.9	0.9	73.5	0.9	51.3	2.8	61.8	3.8
	85 and over	73.3	1.2	74.0	1.3	76.2	1.3	48.7	5.3	62.1	5.2
Gender	Male	65.4	1.0	66.7	1.0	67.8	1.1	56.1	3.5	49.0	3.7
Gender	Female	64.0	0.9	64.8	0.9	66.6	0.9	45.4	2.7	54.7	3.5
Income^b	Negative/poor	56.0	1.6	58.7	1.7	61.5	1.8	47.4	4.4	46.0	3.9
	Near poor/low	61.8	1.2	62.6	1.3	64.9	1.4	45.5	3.4	53.8	3.5
	Middle	65.5	0.9	66.0	1.0	66.7	1.0	52.2	4.4	54.4	4.7
	High	70.8	1.3	71.0	1.3	71.6	1.4	64.3	6.5	63.8	7.6
Health insurance	Medicare and Medicaid	55.8	1.8	58.6	2.0	61.4	2.5	43.7	4.5	46.8	3.4
	Medicare HMO	68.7	1.8	69.3	1.8	70.4	1.8	64.5	5.1	63.1	6.1
	Medicare and private	67.5	0.8	68.0	0.8	68.7	0.8	54.9	3.6	56.2	4.7
	Medicare fee for service only	46.0	1.9	46.8	1.9	49.7	2.2	31.7	4.6	36.6	8.1
Residence location	MSA	64.2	0.8	65.5	0.8	67.2	0.9	50.1	2.6	50.7	3.0
Residence location	Non-MSA	66.2	1.3	66.2	1.3	67.3	1.4	46.9	3.2	68.0	6.6
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	64.0	0.8	64.8	0.8	66.2	0.8	46.8	2.7	52.6	3.2
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	67.1	1.1	69.1	1.2	71.5	1.3	56.0	3.6	52.0	4.0
Functional limitations	No limitation	61.8	0.8	62.6	0.8	63.7	0.9	49.5	3.4	49.0	3.4
	IADLs only	69.0	1.5	70.0	1.5	72.8	1.6	45.2	4.6	59.1	6.0
	1–2 ADLs	69.2	1.3	70.2	1.3	72.4	1.3	49.6	4.7	56.6	5.0
	Three or more ADLs	69.3	1.5	71.1	1.6	73.1	1.8	56.7	5.8	54.3	6.7
	At least 1 ADL/IADL	69.1	0.9	70.3	0.9	72.7	1.0	49.7	2.8	56.9	4.0

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

^b 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 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.

Key: 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 22_1_1-1b: 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/T22_1_1-1b.html