Table 17_1_6-1

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 17_1_6.1
Physician office and hospital outpatient department visits per 100 population,^a United States, 1999-2008
			2007-2008			2006-2007		2005-2006		2004-2005		2003-2004		2001-2002		2000-2001		1999-2000
Population group		Sample size	Number of visits (in thousands)	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		129,900	2,149,073	361.2	11.4	353.5	10.4	352.9	10.6	353.7	10.1	347.9	10.4	344.0	9.0	337.6	10.7	320.2	10.8
Age	0-17	25,402	411,572	279.0	13.9	284.5	13.0	283.4	15.0	275.2	12.1	265.9	12.7	271.9	10.3	258.6	11.1	236.6	11.4
	18-44	39,522	565,710	256.7	8.9	251.2	9.5	248.1	9.0	247.2	9.5	251.1	9.6	245.6	8.1	248.1	10.3	242.6	9.9
	45-64	38,152	624,857	406.9	13.8	395.5	12.4	404.3	12.9	415.7	13.2	409.5	14.2	402.5	12.0	399.8	13.7	386.2	13.8
	65 and over	26,824	546,934	744.4	30.7	721.5	27.3	718.2	28.8	728.5	28.9	707.5	28.8	706.6	24.9	687.5	25.5	643.7	24.4
Gender	Male	52,230	872,965	299.7	10.0	296.2	8.7	296.5	9.6	298.8	9.3	290.3	9.4	286.5	8.0	282.2	9.0	268.2	9.2
Gender	Female	77,670	1,276,107	420.2	13.5	408.5	12.8	407.0	12.3	406.2	11.9	402.9	12.4	398.8	11.0	390.3	13.0	369.8	13.0
Race^b	White only	97,171	1,762,565	370.0	15.3	363.1	16.6	370.5	12.0	372.2	11.5	363.8	12.0	365.9	10.5	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Black only	24,503	269,562	359.5	25.2	337.2	27.1	301.0	16.9	310.8	16.6	308.7	15.6	272.2	14.3	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Asian only	4,642	84,081	314.0	46.5	318.6	53.7	301.2	33.2	271.1	27.4	298.1	35.1	268.5	24.3	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	NHOPI	661	8,821	815.9	198.1	709.4	150.6	726.2	204.1	697.7	191.5	648.3	151.6	764.3	137.8	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	AI/AN only	1,108	14,860	251.3	38.4	314.5	57.0	180.0	26.8	119.7	18.9	101.9	18.7	89.3	15.3	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Multiple races	1,815	9,183	92.6	14.8	81.0	14.1	76.5	8.6	75.6	9.0	79.9	13.5	67.9	13.4	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
Location of patient residence	MSA	115,999	1,890,543	378.7	14.1	362.7	12.3	364.0	12.6	363.7	12.5	360.7	12.2	368.8	10.6	DNA	DNA	323.6	11.0
Location of patient residence	Non-MSA	13,901	258,529	269.9	36.9	306.3	41.7	295.6	38.0	299.8	34.5	280.8	32.6	244.3	26.9	DNA	DNA	293.7	37.7

^a To maintain consistency with data from prior years, visits to midlevel providers at community health centers were excluded. Population used for calculation is the U.S. Census Bureau estimated civilian noninstitutional population on July 1 of each year.

^b �A proportion of race data were missing in each year. For 2007-2008, 35.7% of race data were missing. Missing data were imputed, and standard errors were inflated consistent with the guidance in "2007 NAMCS Microdata File Documentation," ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Dataset_Documentation/NAMCS/doc07.pdf.� These data should be interpreted with caution.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

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

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 17_1_6-1: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/17_utilization/T17_1_6-1.html