T14_4_4_1_2

2011 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 14_4_4.1_2
All emergency department visits for asthma^a per 100,000 population (including inpatient admissions),^b age 18 and over, United States, 2008
Population group		Rate	SE
Total		513.3	15.5
Age	18-44	579.7	17.9
	45-64	468.8	15.6
	65 and over	384.3	12.3
	65-69	385.3	13.6
	70-74	388.7	13.5
	75-79	385.4	13.2
	80-84	403.6	15.5
	85 and over	365.2	14.8
Gender	Male	354.4	11.5
Gender	Female	665.6	19.8
Median income of patient's ZIP Code	First quartile (lowest income)	782.7	42.9
	Second quartile	560.8	23.1
	Third quartile	416.9	20.7
	Fourth quartile (highest income)	309.6	18.6
Location of patient residence	Large central metropolitan	558.5	43.8
	Large fringe metropolitan	444.2	33.1
	Medium metropolitan	538.7	37.7
	Small metropolitan	505.1	53.2
	Micropolitan	545.5	33.3
	Noncore	478.6	22.7
Location of inpatient treatment	Northeast	726.0	58.0
	Midwest	488.7	26.3
	South	509.9	23.1
	West	380.1	20.8

^a. Consistent with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Prevention Quality Indicators (PQI) software, asthma must be the principal diagnosis, and the following cases are excluded: admissions with cystic fibrosis or anomalies of the respiratory system and transfers from other institutions.

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

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample and Nationwide Emergency Department Sample, 2008, and AHRQ Quality Indicators, modified version 4.1.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: T14_4_4_1_2: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/14_patientcenteredness/T14_4_4_1_2.html