Table 15_3_3-1b

2008 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_3_3.1b
Adults who received prescription medications for mental health treatment in the last 12 months,^a by ethnicity, United States, 2006
Population group		Total		Non-Hispanic						Hispanic, all races
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		10.9	0.2	11.7	0.3	13.2	0.3	5.6	0.6	5.0	0.5
Age	18–44	10.4	0.3	11.6	0.3	13.8	0.4	4.5	0.5	4.6	0.5
	45–64	13.4	0.5	14.0	0.6	15.2	0.6	7.8	1.5	6.9	1.3
	65 and over	7.2	0.6	7.5	0.6	8.0	0.7	4.9	2.1	2.9	1.2
Gender	Male	7.2	0.3	7.8	0.3	8.5	0.4	5.0	0.8	3.8	0.6
Gender	Female	14.2	0.4	15.4	0.4	17.6	0.5	6.0	0.8	6.3	0.6
Education	Less than high school	8.9	0.5	11.4	0.7	12.8	0.9	8.1	1.6	3.6	0.6
	High school graduate	10.3	0.4	11.0	0.4	12.4	0.5	4.2	0.7	5.0	0.8
	At least some college	11.8	0.3	12.2	0.4	13.8	0.4	5.5	0.9	6.9	1.0
County type	MSA	10.5	0.3	11.4	0.3	13.0	0.4	5.9	0.7	4.8	0.5
County type	Non-MSA	12.8	0.6	13.1	0.6	14.1	0.7	2.8	0.7	7.3	2.1

^a Received prescription medication for mental health treatment/counseling refers to having received prescription medication for problems with emotions, nerves, or mental health. Respondents were not to include treatment for drug or alcohol use. Respondents with missing treatment/counseling information are excluded.

Key: MSA: metropolitan statistical area; SE: standard error.

Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 15_3_3-1b: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/15_healthcareutilization/T15_3_3-1b.html