Table 5_2_3-2a

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_3.2a
Adult patients with HIV and CD4 count ≤ 50 who received *Mycobacterium avium* complex (MAC) prophylaxis,^a by race/ethnicity, United States, 2006
		Total		Non-Hispanic, White		Non-Hispanic, Black		Hispanic		Other
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		88.2	1.3	82.8	3.8	88.5	1.6	91.5	2.7	DSU	DSU
Age	18–44	88.0	1.6	84.1	4.6	88.0	2.0	90.9	3.3	DSU	DSU
Age	45 and over	88.6	2.4	80.6	6.7	89.7	2.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	87.7	1.6	82.6	4.1	86.8	2.1	95.3	2.3	DSU	DSU
Gender	Female	89.8	2.5	DSU	DSU	92.0	2.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance	Private	91.3	4.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicaid	87.1	2.1	DSU	DSU	89.1	2.3	88.6	5.5	DSU	DSU
	Medicare/dual eligible	85.2	3.0	88.1	5.1	80.8	4.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Ryan White/uninsured	91.8	2.2	DSU	DSU	92.0	2.9	93.2	3.8	DSU	DSU

^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_3-2a: 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_3-2a.html