Slide 7

Three Largest Disparities in Health Care Quality for Selected Groups: 2005 Versus 2007 NHDR

A chart displaying results for core measures for different ethnic groups.

Group—Black

Measure—New AIDS cases per 100,000 population age 13 and over:

• Relative rate 2005—10.4.
• Relative rate 2007—10.0.

Measure—Hospital admissions for pediatric asthma per 100,000 population ages 2-17:

• Relative rate 2005—4.0.
• Relative rate 2007—3.8.

Measure—Percent of patients who left the emergency department without being seen:

• Relative rate 2005—1.9.

Measure—Hospital admissions for lower extremity amputations in patients with diabetes per 100,000 population:

• Relative rate 2007—3.8.

Group—Asian

Measure—Persons age 18 or older with serious mental illness who did not receive mental health treatment or counseling in the past year:

• Relative rate 2005—1.6.

Measure—Composite: Adults who reported poor communication with health providers:

• Relative rate 2007—1.6.

Measure—Adults who can sometimes or never get care for illness or injury as soon as wanted:

• Relative rate 2005—1.6.

Measure—Long-stay nursing home residents who were physically restrained:

• Relative rate 2007—1.5.

Measure—Adults age 65 and over who did not ever receive pneumococcal vaccination:

• Relative rate 2005—1.5.
• Relative rate 2007—1.5.

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