Table 8_2_6-1

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_6.1
Hospital patients age 65 and over with pneumonia who received pneumococcal screening or vaccination, United States, 2005 and 2007
		2007		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		82.5	0.1	61.2	0.1
Gender	Male	82.4	0.1	61.5	0.1
Gender	Female	82.6	0.1	61.0	0.1
Race	White	84.2	0.1	63.9	0.1
	Black	75.5	0.2	49.1	0.3
	Hispanic	72.7	0.3	44.7	0.3
	Native American	78.4	0.8	57.2	1.1
	Asian	73.2	0.5	45.7	0.6
Age	65–74	82.2	0.1	61.9	0.1
	75–84	83.5	0.1	62.6	0.1
	85 and over	81.4	0.1	58.5	0.1

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_6-1: 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_6-1.html