Table 22_1_2-1a

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_2.1a
Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and over who had an eye examination in the last 12 months,^a by race, United States, 2005
		Total		White		Black		AI/AN		API		Multiple races/other
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		62.8	0.7	63.3	0.7	61.8	1.9	51.2	7.0	57.0	3.9	61.0	3.3
Age	65–74	59.3	0.9	59.2	1.0	62.8	2.7	47.8	7.7	55.6	5.7	62.5	4.2
	75–84	66.9	0.8	67.9	0.9	60.8	3.1	DSU	DSU	62.8	5.8	54.2	5.7
	85 and over	65.6	1.4	66.7	1.4	59.3	5.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	70.5	7.7
Gender	Male	60.7	1.0	60.9	1.1	62.3	3.3	44.0	8.3	61.6	6.0	57.8	5.6
Gender	Female	64.4	0.8	65.2	0.9	61.5	2.3	57.3	8.7	54.3	4.9	63.4	3.8
Income^b	Negative/poor	55.9	1.5	55.1	1.8	60.3	3.7	DSU	DSU	49.1	5.8	63.7	5.7
	Near poor/low	60.8	1.2	61.4	1.4	60.4	2.7	50.8	8.8	55.9	7.8	55.8	5.1
	Middle	63.7	1.0	63.8	1.1	62.8	4.5	DSU	DSU	65.4	9.5	64.0	5.5
	High	67.1	1.2	67.6	1.3	68.0	7.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	58.6	10.9
Health insurance	Medicare and Medicaid	56.1	1.7	55.7	2.1	58.8	3.5	DSU	DSU	52.3	5.4	61.8	5.3
	Medicare HMO	66.2	1.3	66.3	1.3	68.6	5.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	62.0	9.2
	Medicare and private	65.1	0.8	65.2	0.9	65.2	3.1	59.5	7.5	67.7	5.9	62.4	5.2
	Medicare fee for service only	47.3	2.6	47.2	2.6	51.8	5.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location	MSA	64.1	0.7	64.7	0.8	63.0	2.2	51.8	10.0	56.5	4.2	62.6	3.5
Residence location	Non-MSA	58.4	1.8	58.9	1.8	54.2	2.9	50.6	9.0	DSU	DSU	54.0	7.4
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	63.1	0.7	63.5	0.8	62.2	2.3	52.6	7.0	58.8	5.0	60.8	3.6
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	61.7	1.5	62.5	1.6	61.0	3.6	DSU	DSU	52.5	8.2	61.5	6.7
Functional limitations	No limitation	62.3	0.8	62.5	0.9	63.4	2.7	53.1	9.1	61.4	5.2	61.6	4.6
	IADLs only	65.5	1.4	66.4	1.5	64.0	4.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	67.6	9.2
	1–2 ADLs	64.4	1.2	65.7	1.4	59.3	4.5	DSU	DSU	51.1	9.1	57.6	6.2
	Three or more ADLs	58.0	2.1	58.9	2.3	53.9	5.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	At least 1 ADL/IADL	63.5	0.9	64.6	1.0	59.7	2.6	47.8	9.8	49.6	6.2	60.3	4.1

^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.

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 22_1_2-1a: 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_2-1a.html