Table 16_8_8-1a

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 16_8_8.1a
Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and over who received dental care in the last 12 months,^a by race, United States, 2004
Population group		Total		White		Black		AI/AN		API		Multiple races/other
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		45.8	0.8	48.3	0.9	24.8	1.9	39.5	5.8	46.9	3.9	29.9	3.1
Age	65–74	47.5	1.1	50.0	1.1	28.6	2.8	44.6	7.9	45.7	5.8	35.0	4.2
	75–84	46.3	1.2	48.7	1.3	23.3	2.5	*	*	49.8	6.1	23.2	4.9
	85 and over	36.9	1.3	40.0	1.4	9.9	2.7	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	44.9	1.2	47.5	1.3	23.5	2.5	37.2	9.1	44.0	6.2	22.7	3.8
Gender	Female	46.5	0.9	49.0	0.9	25.7	2.6	41.9	6.4	48.5	4.4	35.3	4.3
Income^b	Negative/poor	24.8	1.7	27.7	2.0	15.6	3.3	*	*	26.2	6.2	*	*
	Near poor/low	34.1	1.1	35.7	1.2	20.6	2.9	29.1	7.5	42.0	6.2	24.6	4.4
	Middle	49.1	1.1	50.2	1.2	35.5	3.8	*	*	58.4	6.8	35.6	4.6
	High	68.7	1.3	69.9	1.2	40.5	7.1	*	*	77.5	8.5	52.7	8.3
Health insurance	Medicare and Medicaid	19.7	1.4	18.6	1.7	19.1	3.0	*	*	31.8	5.2	*	*
	Medicare HMO	48.2	2.0	48.9	2.1	37.9	5.5	*	*	53.2	9.6	49.3	7.6
	Medicare and private	53.0	0.9	54.1	0.9	31.9	2.9	51.0	9.8	67.0	6.0	37.2	4.2
	Medicare fee for service only	21.4	1.5	24.1	1.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location	MSA	48.2	0.9	51.3	0.9	26.3	2.1	39.7	8.4	46.7	3.9	30.4	3.5
Residence location	Non-MSA	37.8	2.0	39.2	2.0	17.1	4.8	39.1	7.5	*	*	27.6	5.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	49.9	0.9	52.4	1.0	27.5	2.1	38.0	7.1	46.3	4.7	32.6	3.6
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	30.3	1.3	31.7	1.3	19.2	3.6	*	*	48.1	8.2	23.3	5.2
Functional limitations	No limitation	50.8	1.1	53.4	1.2	27.1	2.3	44.6	9.2	47.3	5.4	32.6	4.9
	IADLs only	44.7	1.6	47.0	1.8	24.9	4.5	*	*	*	*	34.3	7.8
	1–2 ADLs	37.6	1.6	39.9	1.5	20.5	4.5	*	*	40.8	8.9	22.7	5.7
	Three or more ADLs	29.6	1.5	30.1	1.8	21.5	4.6	*	*	*	*	*	*
	At least 1 ADL/IADL	38.4	1.0	40.5	1.0	22.0	3.0	32.6	6.2	46.2	5.8	26.9	4.5

^a Estimates are for full-year community residents age 65 and over.

^b Negative/poor refers to incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over 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.

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

Key: Asian or Pacific Islander; AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; HMO: Health Maintenance Organization; MSA: metropolitan statistical area; IADLs: instrumental activities of daily living; ADLs: activities of daily living; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 16_8_8-1a: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/16_prioritypopulations/T16_8_8-1a.html