Table 17_2_4-1
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.
| 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2000 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population group | Ratea | SE | Ratea | SE | Ratea | SE | Ratea | SE | Ratea | SE | |
| Total | 374.8 | 7.3 | 397.9 | 9.2 | 443.7 | 9.9 | 408.9 | 7.6 | 434.7 | 7.9 | |
| Age | 18-44 | 82.1 | 2.1 | 80.2 | 2.6 | 87.5 | 2.6 | 80.9 | 1.9 | 94.5 | 2.3 |
| 45-64 | 299.8 | 6.8 | 309.2 | 8.3 | 331.0 | 8.6 | 307.9 | 6.5 | 313.5 | 6.2 | |
| 65 and over | 1,511.6 | 30.7 | 1,639.4 | 38.0 | 1,856.6 | 41.8 | 1,705.6 | 33.8 | 1,744.1 | 35.4 | |
| 65-69 | 732.1 | 15.7 | 778.0 | 18.7 | 854.0 | 20.8 | 806.9 | 16.6 | 768.9 | 15.6 | |
| 70-74 | 1,044.3 | 21.8 | 1,119.0 | 26.9 | 1,238.9 | 29.5 | 1,155.0 | 24.2 | 1,173.1 | 24.8 | |
| 75-79 | 1,509.9 | 32.3 | 1,662.2 | 39.3 | 1,834.6 | 43.0 | 1,704.1 | 35.7 | 1,753.6 | 36.8 | |
| 80-84 | 2,191.9 | 47.9 | 2,414.4 | 60.6 | 2,790.4 | 65.2 | 2,502.4 | 52.8 | 2,730.5 | 60.1 | |
| 85 and over | 3,337.1 | 77.4 | 3,644.6 | 89.2 | 4,269.2 | 98.8 | 3,890.0 | 84.0 | 4,593.0 | 104.8 | |
| Gender | Male | 412.5 | 8.2 | 441.4 | 10.0 | 490.6 | 10.8 | 457.2 | 8.5 | 500.8 | 9.2 |
| Female | 354.5 | 7.0 | 373.7 | 8.9 | 417.9 | 9.6 | 381.8 | 7.3 | 397.8 | 7.4 | |
| Median income of patient's ZIP Code | First quartile (lowest income) | 487.0 | 17.7 | 504.7 | 17.2 | 560.8 | 20.0 | 505.0 | 18.2 | 657.4 | 24.2 |
| Second quartile | 392.6 | 14.2 | 426.3 | 16.7 | 467.4 | 17.9 | 439.3 | 15.9 | 454.7 | 16.1 | |
| Third quartile | 337.1 | 12.9 | 356.7 | 14.7 | 398.2 | 15.5 | 359.2 | 14.1 | 366.5 | 15.5 | |
| Fourth quartile (highest income) | 281.9 | 17.0 | 314.3 | 18.6 | 361.2 | 21.2 | 330.4 | 19.4 | 312.5 | 19.5 | |
| Location of patient residence | Large central metropolitan | 328.3 | 23.2 | 374.7 | 27.9 | 401.9 | 29.1 | 368.7 | 26.1 | 412.2 | 28.0 |
| Large fringe metropolitan | 343.4 | 24.8 | 347.4 | 24.8 | 412.5 | 30.6 | 385.4 | 28.2 | 444.9 | 30.9 | |
| Medium metropolitan | 339.5 | 29.9 | 355.4 | 30.7 | 409.6 | 34.9 | 350.2 | 30.3 | 340.7 | 33.3 | |
| Small metropolitan | 399.1 | 43.3 | 378.1 | 41.2 | 400.4 | 46.3 | 414.3 | 44.4 | 409.2 | 44.4 | |
| Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan) | 470.2 | 24.7 | 520.0 | 25.5 | 552.0 | 26.6 | 526.6 | 26.9 | 490.3 | 29.2 | |
| Noncore (nonmetropolitan) | 557.3 | 23.9 | 588.8 | 26.6 | 669.0 | 31.0 | 593.8 | 28.0 | 667.7 | 31.5 | |
| Region of inpatient treatment | Northeast | 361.8 | 18.3 | 371.4 | 19.7 | 404.5 | 20.4 | 385.8 | 17.4 | 446.2 | 21.2 |
| Midwest | 421.3 | 16.4 | 450.5 | 19.3 | 477.4 | 16.4 | 445.8 | 16.1 | 438.1 | 16.7 | |
| South | 403.4 | 12.5 | 433.2 | 18.2 | 498.4 | 21.0 | 453.1 | 13.0 | 476.0 | 12.1 | |
| West | 291.5 | 10.5 | 307.7 | 12.5 | 351.6 | 14.8 | 316.1 | 14.8 | 348.3 | 15.3 | |
aExcludes sickle cell or hemoglobin-S conditions, transfers from other institutions, and obstetric admissions.� 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.
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Internet Citation: Table 17_2_4-1: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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