Table 10_1_1-1

2010 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 10_1_1.1
Female Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and over who reported ever being screened for osteoporosis with a bone mass or bone density test,^a United States, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008
		2008		2006		2002		2000
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		71.1	0.9	64.1	1.0	55.2	1.1	33.6	1.0
Age	65-74	73.7	1.2	67.1	1.3	57.5	1.4	36.6	1.3
	75-84	71.5	1.1	64.4	1.3	56.1	1.4	34.6	1.3
	85 and over	61.4	1.9	53.4	1.6	39.7	2.6	19.3	1.4
Income^b	Negative/poor	52.6	2.3	46.4	1.6	35.5	2.5	17.5	1.4
	Near poor/low	64.0	1.2	56.8	1.3	48.4	1.7	26.0	1.4
	Middle	76.8	1.3	72.3	1.2	62.6	1.7	39.7	1.4
	High	86.7	1.4	80.4	2.0	73.7	2.0	53.5	1.9
Race	White	74.6	0.9	67.1	1.0	59.8	1.1	36.0	1.0
	Black	47.4	2.5	38.3	2.4	24.3	2.8	15.9	1.8
	AI/AN	49.8	8.6	46.4	5.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	API	60.9	4.3	60.1	4.9	39.9	5.4	25.2	5.2
	Multiple races/other	55.0	4.9	60.7	4.0	35.1	5.6	20.7	3.7
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, All races	71.8	1.0	64.8	1.0	56.6	1.1	34.4	1.0
	Non-Hispanic, White	75.0	1.0	67.8	1.0	61.0	1.2	36.7	1.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	46.7	2.5	38.4	2.4	23.2	2.8	16.2	1.9
	Hispanics, all races	62.9	2.5	55.3	2.5	39.9	3.0	22.0	2.6
Health insurance	Medicare and Medicaid	52.6	1.9	42.7	1.8	31.8	2.4	14.8	1.3
	Medicare HMO	73.6	1.3	65.0	1.7	54.3	2.5	31.7	1.5
	Medicare and private	77.3	1.0	71.1	1.0	62.0	1.2	40.0	1.2
	Medicare fee-for-service only	55.8	2.7	52.8	2.2	32.4	3.9	16.3	2.4
Location of patient residence	MSA	72.9	0.8	65.6	1.0	56.6	1.2	34.3	1.1
Location of patient residence	Non-MSA	64.9	3.0	59.0	2.4	50.7	2.3	31.2	2.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	72.3	1.0	66.2	1.1	57.2	1.2	35.5	1.1
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	66.6	1.5	56.3	1.5	47.0	2.2	27.2	1.3
Functional limitations	No limitations	73.0	1.2	66.9	1.2	58.4	1.4	35.6	1.3
	IADL only	73.0	1.8	63.9	1.6	52.6	2.4	34.7	1.8
	At least 1 IADL and 1-2 ADLs	DNC	DNC	60.4	1.7	52.5	2.1	31.1	1.8
	At least 1 IADL and 3-6 ADLs	DNC	DNC	56.6	2.2	44.6	3.0	25.2	1.8
	More than 3 ADLs	62.3	2.2	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
	At least 1 ADL/IADL	68.7	1.1	60.8	1.1	51.1	1.4	31.2	1.0

^a Estimates are for full-year community residents age 65 and over.

^b Income for 2001 and 2003 data: Estimates are based on a revised definition of poverty that incorporates information on family income, size, and composition and is calculated as a percentage of the U.S. Census Bureau's poverty thresholds.� Negative or poor refers to family incomes below the Federal poverty line for a given household size and composition; near poor/low, over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.�� Respondents with unknown poverty information were excluded. Income for 2006 and 2008 data: Family (husband and wife) income: negative/poor refers to incomes of $10,000 or less; near poor/low refers to income between $10,001 and $20,000; middle refers to income between $20,001 and $40,000; and high refers to income more than $40,000.

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

DNC - Data system does not collect data for this population

Key: API: Asian or Pacific Islander; AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; HMO: health maintenance organization; MSA: metropolitan statistical area; IADLs: instrumental activities of daily living; ADLs: activities of daily living; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 10_1_1-1: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/10_functional_status/T10_1_1-1.html