Table 8_1_5-3b
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.
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| Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | |
| Total | 60.3 | 0.9 | 62.0 | 0.9 | 64.6 | 1.0 | 45.2 | 2.6 | 37.0 | 2.7 | |
| Gender | Female | 62.7 | 1.1 | 64.6 | 1.1 | 67.6 | 1.2 | 45.4 | 3.1 | 37.0 | 3.5 |
| Male | 57.5 | 1.3 | 58.9 | 1.3 | 61.1 | 1.5 | 46.2 | 4.4 | 37.7 | 4.6 | |
| Health insurance | Medicare and private | 64.6 | 1.1 | 65.0 | 1.2 | 66.5 | 1.2 | 46.5 | 4.3 | 47.4 | 6.2 |
| Medicare and public | 58.4 | 2.5 | 63.2 | 2.7 | 69.2 | 3.1 | 49.1 | 5.1 | 30.6 | 4.9 | |
| Medicare only | 53.4 | 1.6 | 55.5 | 1.7 | 58.6 | 1.9 | 42.6 | 4.0 | 35.4 | 4.3 | |
| Family incomeb | Negative/poor | 46.2 | 3.0 | 50.4 | 3.4 | 59.6 | 4.1 | 37.8 | 5.0 | 26.3 | 5.6 |
| Near poor/low | 58.4 | 1.9 | 61.0 | 2.0 | 65.3 | 2.1 | 43.6 | 5.1 | 33.0 | 4.8 | |
| Middle | 61.2 | 1.6 | 62.1 | 1.6 | 64.0 | 1.7 | 45.2 | 5.3 | 45.3 | 6.3 | |
| High | 64.9 | 1.7 | 65.7 | 1.8 | 66.4 | 1.9 | 57.3 | 6.6 | 45.1 | 8.0 | |
| Education | Less than high school | 53.8 | 1.7 | 57.9 | 1.9 | 62.9 | 2.2 | 38.6 | 3.7 | 30.8 | 3.8 |
| High school graduate | 59.7 | 1.6 | 60.6 | 1.6 | 63.3 | 1.6 | 47.0 | 4.5 | 38.9 | 6.9 | |
| At least some college | 64.0 | 1.3 | 64.6 | 1.4 | 66.2 | 1.5 | 51.4 | 5.2 | 49.1 | 6.1 | |
| Location of residencec | Metropolitan | 59.2 | 1.0 | 61.1 | 1.0 | 64.0 | 1.2 | 45.9 | 2.9 | 36.3 | 3.0 |
| Large central metro | 52.3 | 2.0 | 55.9 | 2.1 | 62.5 | 2.5 | 41.5 | 4.1 | 31.5 | 3.8 | |
| Large fringe metro | 61.2 | 1.9 | 62.0 | 1.9 | 63.4 | 2.1 | 49.6 | 5.2 | DSU | DSU | |
| Medium metro | 63.8 | 1.8 | 64.9 | 1.9 | 66.4 | 2.1 | 49.3 | 6.5 | 43.6 | 6.8 | |
| Small metro | 60.6 | 3.0 | 61.6 | 3.3 | 62.6 | 3.3 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan) | 63.8 | 2.3 | 64.6 | 2.4 | 66.0 | 2.5 | 42.9 | 8.4 | DSU | DSU | |
| Noncore (nonmetropolitan) | 63.9 | 2.2 | 64.7 | 2.2 | 66.5 | 2.4 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Activity limitationsc | Basic activities | 65.5 | 1.5 | 67.5 | 1.5 | 70.1 | 1.7 | 49.6 | 4.0 | 39.4 | 4.4 |
| Complex activities | 63.7 | 3.0 | 66.1 | 3.0 | 71.6 | 3.1 | 43.8 | 7.0 | DSU | DSU | |
| Neither basic nor complex activities | 58.3 | 1.2 | 59.6 | 1.2 | 61.8 | 1.4 | 44.0 | 3.9 | 37.7 | 4.1 | |
a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.
b Negative or poor refers to family incomes below the Federal poverty line for a given household size and composition; near poor/low, over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.
c For more information, see the National Health Interview Survey entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.
DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
Key: SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.
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