Table 8_2_5-1

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 8_2_5.1
Hospital patients age 50 and over with pneumonia discharged during October-February who received influenza screening or vaccination, United States, 2005 and 2007
		2007		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		78.7	0.1	55.2	0.1
Gender	Male	78.2	0.1	55.4	0.1
Gender	Female	79.1	0.1	55.1	0.1
Race	White	80.4	0.1	57.9	0.1
	Black	72.1	0.3	43.9	0.3
	Hispanic	70.9	0.3	41.5	0.4
	Native American	69.0	1.1	56.4	1.3
	Asian	71.5	0.6	43.9	0.7
Age	50–64	73.8	0.2	47.2	0.2
	65–74	79.7	0.1	57.0	0.2
	75–84	81.1	0.1	59.0	0.2
	85 and over	80.1	0.2	56.1	0.2

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 8_2_5-1: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/8_respiratorydiseases/T8_2_5-1.html