Table 5_2_3-1

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.

Table 5_2_3.1
Adult patients with HIV and CD4 count ≤ 50 who received *Mycobacterium avium* complex (MAC) prophylaxis,^a United States, 2004 and 2006
		2006		2004
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		88.2	1.3	82.2	1.4
Age	18–44	88.0	1.6	84.3	1.6
Age	45 and over	88.6	2.4	77.0	3.0
Race	Non-Hispanic, White	82.8	3.8	83.0	3.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	88.5	1.6	80.8	1.9
	Hispanic	91.5	2.7	85.6	3.1
	Other	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	87.7	1.6	82.9	1.6
Gender	Female	89.8	2.5	80.2	3.1
Health insurance	Private	91.3	4.2	80.0	6.4
	Medicaid	87.1	2.1	80.3	2.3
	Medicare/dual eligible	85.2	3.0	79.8	3.2
	Ryan White/uninsured	91.8	2.2	86.6	2.3

^a For HIV patients having at least two CD4 tests ≤ 50 during the year.

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

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, HIV Research Network.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 5_2_3-1: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/5_hiv_aids/T5_2_3-1.html