Table 10_1_1-2c

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_1.2c
Female Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and over who reported ever being screened for osteoporosis with a bone mass or bone density test,^a� by income,^b 2008
		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		71.1	0.9	52.6	2.3	64.0	1.2	76.8	1.3	86.7	1.4
Age	65-74	73.7	1.2	52.1	3.8	66.4	1.8	76.9	1.8	87.3	1.9
	75-84	71.5	1.1	56.3	2.8	64.9	1.7	78.7	1.5	86.9	2.2
	85 and over	61.4	1.9	46.8	3.9	57.5	2.8	70.2	2.3	82.1	3.7
Gender	Male	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Female	71.1	0.9	52.6	2.3	64.0	1.2	76.8	1.3	86.7	1.4
Race	White	74.6	0.9	59.1	2.4	67.5	1.3	78.1	1.3	88.0	1.3
	Black	47.4	2.5	32.8	4.3	45.8	3.3	60.2	5.6	78.7	7.2
	AI/AN	49.8	8.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	API	60.9	4.3	56.8	10.5	51.8	7.6	73.3	8.5	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races/other	55.0	4.9	50.4	9.6	49.6	6.7	60.7	8.0	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, White	75.0	1.0	59.2	2.8	67.6	1.4	78.3	1.3	87.9	1.3
	Non-Hispanic, Black	46.7	2.5	32.7	4.4	44.4	3.4	59.3	5.7	80.8	7.1
	Non-Hispanic, other	59.5	3.2	51.3	7.9	55.8	5.2	70.1	6.2	64.2	10.0
	Hispanics, all races	62.9	2.5	54.5	4.4	60.2	4.0	71.2	5.7	DSU	DSU
Health insurance	Medicare and Medicaid	52.6	1.9	51.2	2.9	52.4	2.5	70.8	8.4	DSU	DSU
	Medicare HMO	73.6	1.3	58.2	5.3	67.6	2.0	77.8	2.1	84.4	3.1
	Medicare and private	77.3	1.0	64.8	3.7	68.4	1.8	78.8	1.4	88.5	1.6
	Medicare fee-for-service only	55.8	2.7	25.9	5.4	54.1	3.6	61.8	4.7	75.5	5.7
Location of patient residence	MSA	72.9	0.8	55.5	2.6	65.5	1.3	77.5	1.2	88.3	1.5
Location of patient residence	Non-MSA	64.9	3.0	44.3	4.7	59.5	2.6	74.0	3.7	79.3	4.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	72.3	1.0	52.9	2.7	64.1	1.3	77.1	1.4	86.9	1.5
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	66.6	1.5	51.9	3.2	63.7	2.3	74.6	2.6	86.0	3.9
Functional limitations	No limitation	73.0	1.2	53.5	3.7	63.8	1.4	77.4	1.6	86.8	1.8
	IADL only	73.0	1.8	58.7	5.2	67.9	3.3	77.5	2.4	86.4	2.9
	1-2 ADLs	68.4	1.5	49.0	3.8	63.6	2.1	75.4	2.5	89.6	2.5
	More than 3 ADLs	62.3	2.2	50.3	3.6	60.2	3.9	71.9	4.1	76.9	5.9
	At least 1 ADL/IADL	68.7	1.1	52.0	2.6	64.1	1.7	75.6	1.6	86.6	1.8

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

^b 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.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; API: Asian or Pacific Islander; 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.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 10_1_1-2c: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/10_functional_status/T10_1_1-2c.html