Table 8_2_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 8_2_6.1
Hospital patients age 65 and over with pneumonia who received a pneumococcal screening or vaccination, United States, 2005-2008
		2008		2007		2006		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		87.7	0.0	82.5	0.1	74.3	0.1	61.2	0.1
Gender	Male	87.6	0.1	82.4	0.1	74.4	0.1	61.5	0.1
Gender	Female	87.7	0.1	82.6	0.1	74.3	0.1	61.0	0.1
Race	White	89.0	0.0	84.2	0.1	76.5	0.1	63.9	0.1
	Black	82.5	0.2	75.5	0.2	65.3	0.3	49.1	0.3
	Hispanic	79.3	0.2	72.7	0.3	61.7	0.3	44.7	0.3
	AI/AN	81.2	0.7	78.4	0.8	68.8	0.9	57.2	1.1
	Asian	81.5	0.4	73.2	0.5	60.5	0.5	45.7	0.6
Age	65-74	87.4	0.1	82.2	0.1	74.6	0.1	61.9	0.1
	75-84	88.4	0.1	83.5	0.1	75.4	0.1	62.6	0.1
	85 and over	86.9	0.1	81.4	0.1	72.5	0.1	58.5	0.1

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 8_2_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/nhqrdr10/8_respiratorydiseases/T8_2_6-1.html