Table 6_2_1-1
2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
2006 | 2004 | ||||
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Population group | Ratea | SE | Ratea | SE | |
Total | 1.58 | 0.03 | 2.00 | 0.03 | |
Gender | Male | 1.69 | 0.04 | 2.13 | 0.04 |
Female | 1.48 | 0.04 | 1.86 | 0.04 | |
Median income of patient's ZIP code | First quartile (lowest income) | 1.56 | 0.06 | 1.80 | 0.06 |
Second quartile | 1.66 | 0.06 | 1.76 | 0.06 | |
Third quartile | 1.57 | 0.06 | 2.04 | 0.06 | |
Fourth quartile (highest income) | 1.53 | 0.06 | 2.38 | 0.06 | |
Location of patient residence | Large central metropolitan | 1.43 | 0.05 | 2.11 | 0.05 |
Large fringe metropolitan | 1.49 | 0.06 | 2.40 | 0.06 | |
Medium metropolitan | 1.71 | 0.06 | 1.63 | 0.07 | |
Small metropolitan | 1.62 | 0.10 | 1.40 | 0.09 | |
Micropolitan (nonmetro) | 1.80 | 0.09 | 2.11 | 0.10 | |
Noncore (nonmetro) | 1.97 | 0.13 | 1.67 | 0.12 | |
Expected payment source | Private insurance | 1.50 | 0.04 | 2.18 | 0.04 |
Medicare | DSU | DSU | 4.25 | 1.15 | |
Medicaid | 1.69 | 0.04 | 1.74 | 0.05 | |
Other insurance | 1.85 | 0.19 | 2.45 | 0.20 | |
Uninsured/self-pay/no charge | 1.37 | 0.12 | 1.79 | 0.13 | |
Region of inpatient treatment | Northeast | 2.06 | 0.07 | 2.42 | 0.07 |
Midwest | 1.57 | 0.06 | 1.69 | 0.06 | |
South | 1.51 | 0.05 | 2.16 | 0.05 | |
West | 1.41 | 0.06 | 1.72 | 0.06 | |
Ownership/control of hospital | Private, not for profit | 1.65 | 0.04 | 2.26 | 0.03 |
Private, for profit | 1.14 | 0.08 | 1.14 | 0.08 | |
Public | 1.71 | 0.08 | 1.45 | 0.08 | |
Teaching status of hospital | Teaching | 1.79 | 0.05 | 2.17 | 0.05 |
Nonteaching | 1.48 | 0.04 | 1.91 | 0.04 | |
Location of hospital | Large central metropolitan | 1.49 | 0.05 | 2.33 | 0.05 |
Large fringe metropolitan | 1.42 | 0.07 | 2.13 | 0.07 | |
Medium metropolitan | 1.69 | 0.06 | 1.52 | 0.07 | |
Small metropolitan | 1.66 | 0.09 | 1.55 | 0.09 | |
Micropolitan (nonmetro) | 1.70 | 0.10 | 2.05 | 0.10 | |
Noncore (nonmetro) | 2.58 | 0.20 | 1.39 | 0.18 | |
Bed size of hospital | Less than 100 | 1.64 | 0.09 | 1.28 | 0.09 |
100–299 | 1.55 | 0.05 | 1.84 | 0.05 | |
300–499 | 1.60 | 0.05 | 2.14 | 0.06 | |
500 or more | 1.59 | 0.06 | 2.47 | 0.06 |
a Rates are adjusted by gender. When reporting is by gender, there is no adjustment.
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 (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample and AHRQ Quality Indicators, version 3.1.