T15_1_2_1_2b

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 15_1_2.1_2b
Adults age 65 and over with at least 1 prescription^a from 33 medications that are potentially inappropriate, by ethnicity, United States, 2008
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		13.7	0.7	13.6	0.7	13.5	0.8	15.6	1.9	15.4	2.2
Age	65-69	13.1	1.2	12.8	1.2	12.5	1.4	15.8	3.2	18.2	3.3
	70-74	14.1	1.5	13.7	1.5	13.7	1.7	16.1	3.5	17.3	4.9
	75-79	16.6	1.9	17.0	2.1	17.7	2.3	14.3	3.3	13.4	3.6
	80 and over	12.2	1.3	12.2	1.4	11.9	1.5	15.8	4.1	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	10.9	1.0	10.9	1.0	10.5	1.1	14.8	2.9	10.0	2.2
Gender	Female�	15.9	0.8	15.7	0.9	15.9	1.0	16.1	2.4	19.6	3.1
Family income^b	Negative/poor	16.8	2.0	16.7	2.2	15.5	2.8	23.3	4.3	17.3	4.3
	Near poor/low	14.8	1.5	14.8	1.6	15.0	1.9	13.7	2.7	14.8	3.3
	Middle	14.3	1.3	14.3	1.3	14.4	1.5	14.5	4.0	13.6	3.7
	High	11.6	1.2	11.4	1.2	11.5	1.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Education^c	Less than high school	16.1	1.3	16.5	1.6	15.9	1.9	19.3	3.2	14.4	1.9
	High school graduate	12.1	1.2	11.9	1.2	11.9	1.4	12.1	2.2	DSU	DSU
	At least some college	13.8	1.1	13.6	1.1	14.0	1.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance	Medicare only	11.3	0.9	10.8	0.9	10.6	1.1	12.5	2.8	17.6	4.3
	Medicare and private	15.4	1.1	15.4	1.2	15.6	1.3	17.0	3.5	14.4	3.2
	Medicare and other public	15.9	1.6	16.0	1.8	14.5	2.5	19.4	3.8	15.4	3.8
Residence location^d	Metropolitan	13.3	0.8	13.1	0.8	12.9	0.9	15.8	2.1	15.8	2.5
	Large central metro	10.2	1.1	9.5	1.3	8.6	1.6	13.6	3.0	14.5	3.1
	Large fringe metro	11.9	1.6	12.1	1.7	12.2	1.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	17.0	1.7	16.7	1.6	16.9	2.0	20.7	5.2	DSU	DSU
	Small metro	15.9	1.7	15.6	1.7	14.1	2.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	15.6	1.5	15.8	1.6	15.8	1.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	15.5	2.0	15.5	2.0	15.5	2.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	15.8	2.5	16.3	2.8	16.5	3.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	14.3	0.7	14.2	0.8	14.0	0.8	16.1	1.9	17.8	4.3
Language spoken most often at home	Other	12.0	1.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	14.9	2.4
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	12.0	0.8	11.9	0.8	12.1	0.9	12.2	2.0	13.4	2.6
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	19.7	1.5	19.7	1.7	19.1	1.9	23.9	4.2	19.2	3.4
Activity limitations^d	Basic activities	19.3	1.5	19.2	1.6	18.9	1.9	21.2	3.6	20.7	4.6
	Complex activities	19.9	2.4	19.4	2.6	17.4	3.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Neither basic nor complex activities	11.4	0.8	11.2	0.8	11.2	0.9	12.4	2.2	14.3	2.8
U.S. born	Yes	14.6	0.7	14.6	0.8	14.4	0.9	16.6	2.0	14.6	3.8
U.S. born	No	10.3	1.5	6.5	1.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	17.0	2.8

^a. Prescription medications received includes all prescribed medications initially purchased or otherwise obtained during the calendar year, as well as any refills. For more information, see Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) entry in Appendix B: Detailed Methods.

^b. Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, 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. Less than high school refers to fewer than 12 years of education; high school graduate, 12 years of education; and at least some college, more than 12 years of education.

^d. For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix B: Detailed Methods.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: T15_1_2_1_2b: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/15_efficiency/T15_1_2_1_2b.html