Table 15_1_1-2

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 15_1_1.2
Potentially avoidable hospitalizations per 100,000 population for acute conditions, age 18 and over,^a United States, 2000, 2004-2007
		2007		2006		2005		2004		2000
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		665.9	12.5	682.9	15.1	741.4	15.9	707.8	12.8	731.1	12.6
Age	18-44	170.1	4.1	169.0	5.1	180.4	5.0	174.4	3.8	189.5	4.0
	45-64	477.5	10.1	483.3	12.1	512.8	12.5	493.6	9.9	485.7	9.0
	65 and over	2,676.8	53.8	2,767.5	62.0	3,030.8	66.2	2,877.4	55.4	2,875.0	55.6
	65-69	1,177.6	23.5	1,190.8	26.5	1,293.1	28.8	1,267.4	24.9	1,188.4	22.1
	70-74	1,735.5	33.7	1,765.2	39.0	1,911.4	42.3	1,848.8	35.5	1,849.6	36.4
	75-79	2,589.6	52.9	2,727.8	61.2	2,935.7	65.3	2,805.2	55.2	2,820.9	55.9
	80-84	3,943.3	84.9	4,145.4	99.7	4,591.1	103.2	4,300.4	87.0	4,558.9	95.1
	85 and over	6,222.4	143.3	6,487.3	157.0	7,249.3	165.7	6,794.0	142.8	7,793.5	167.2
Gender	Male	632.9	12.3	656.7	14.2	716.8	15.5	688.2	12.5	745.8	13.1
Gender	Female	703.0	13.3	715.9	16.3	774.3	17.0	737.7	13.7	740.5	12.9
Median income of patient's ZIP Code	First quartile (lowest income)	843.8	29.9	856.5	29.0	922.8	31.6	871.3	31.3	1,086.5	39.1
	Second quartile	688.2	24.6	715.3	27.8	763.4	28.7	741.4	26.0	757.0	25.8
	Third quartile	600.5	22.7	609.8	24.1	665.2	25.5	627.4	24.5	626.7	26.0
	Fourth quartile (highest income)	529.5	32.7	567.6	34.2	636.3	37.7	588.0	33.9	536.8	33.0
Location of patient residence	Large central metropolitan	625.9	44.1	672.0	49.1	701.8	50.0	664.1	47.1	715.2	47.1
	Large fringe metropolitan	621.6	44.4	613.1	44.1	708.5	52.6	674.5	49.1	757.1	52.4
	Medium metropolitan	592.5	51.7	603.8	52.4	680.2	57.7	604.1	52.2	573.7	55.8
	Small metropolitan	683.4	73.5	631.5	69.3	639.1	73.7	696.1	73.3	665.4	70.3
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	794.5	40.0	848.8	41.0	886.6	41.9	887.1	43.4	816.3	48.1
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	933.3	39.2	974.0	42.8	1,070.7	47.7	997.5	46.7	1,075.1	50.9
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	641.2	31.0	657.3	35.3	686.6	34.0	662.3	30.6	731.1	33.5
	Midwest	731.6	27.3	746.2	30.2	778.9	26.3	760.9	27.2	717.7	25.5
	South	727.7	22.2	755.3	29.3	846.5	33.3	805.5	21.9	827.5	19.9
	West	518.1	18.6	519.4	20.6	575.2	24.7	528.4	23.6	580.4	24.5

^a Rates are adjusted by age and gender using the total U.S. population for 2000 as the standard population; when reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender only; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age only.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample; and AHRQ Quality Indicators, version 3.1.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 15_1_1-2: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/15_efficiency/T15_1_1-2.html