Table 10_1_8-1

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_8.1
Home health care patients who get better at taking their medication correctly,^a United States, 2002-2008
		2008		2007		2006		2005		2004		2003		2002
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		42.8	0.0	42.9	0.0	41.8	0.0	40.1	0.0	38.8	0.0	36.6	0.0	35.2	0.0
Age	0-64	47.9	0.1	47.7	0.1	46.1	0.1	44.3	0.1	43.0	0.1	40.5	0.1	38.7	0.1
	65-74	53.8	0.1	53.5	0.1	52.2	0.1	50.4	0.1	48.7	0.1	45.7	0.1	44.0	0.1
	75-84	44.1	0.1	44.2	0.1	43.2	0.1	41.5	0.1	40.1	0.1	37.8	0.1	36.3	0.1
	85 and over	32.5	0.1	32.7	0.1	31.9	0.1	30.5	0.1	29.4	0.1	27.7	0.1	26.7	0.1
Gender	Male	43.3	0.1	43.5	0.1	42.5	0.1	40.9	0.1	39.5	0.1	37.2	0.1	35.7	0.1
Gender	Female	42.5	0.1	42.5	0.1	41.3	0.1	39.6	0.1	38.4	0.1	36.2	0.1	34.9	0.1
Race^b	White only	43.2	0.0	43.2	0.0	42.2	0.1	40.5	0.1	39.0	0.1	36.7	0.1	35.3	0.1
	Black only	43.9	0.1	43.7	0.1	42.1	0.1	40.1	0.1	39.3	0.1	36.9	0.1	35.1	0.1
	Asian only	40.3	0.3	39.6	0.3	38.8	0.3	38.2	0.3	38.3	0.3	37.1	0.3	34.8	0.3
	NHOPI only	42.0	0.9	42.3	0.9	39.1	0.9	36.9	0.9	37.9	0.9	35.8	1.0	32.9	1.0
	AI/AN only	41.7	0.6	42.2	0.6	40.0	0.6	37.8	0.6	38.5	0.6	35.9	0.6	34.5	0.6
	Multiple races	40.5	1.1	41.1	1.1	42.2	1.2	40.7	1.2	38.7	1.3	36.8	1.3	36.4	1.3
Ethnicity^b	Hispanic, all races	38.0	0.1	38.8	0.1	38.1	0.1	37.3	0.1	36.7	0.2	34.9	0.2	33.3	0.2
	Non-Hispanic, White	43.2	0.0	43.2	0.0	42.2	0.1	40.5	0.1	39.0	0.1	36.7	0.1	35.3	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	43.9	0.1	43.7	0.1	42.1	0.1	40.1	0.1	39.3	0.1	36.9	0.1	35.1	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, other	41.6	0.2	41.4	0.2	39.9	0.2	38.0	0.2	37.9	0.2	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA

^a Episodes in which a person showed improvement in ability to manage oral medications compared to a prior assessment.� Episodes for people who are at the highest level and cannot improve any more are excluded.

^b Excludes records with missing values.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

Key: NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Outcome and Assessment Information Set.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 10_1_8-1: 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_8-1.html