Table 5_2_2-1

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 5_2_2.1
Adult patients with HIV and CD4 count <200 who received *Pneumocystis* pneumonia (PCP) prophylaxis,^a United States, 2003 and 2005
Population group		2005			2003
Population group		Sample size	Percent	SE	Sample size	Percent	SE
Total		3,080	90.6	0.5	3,094	83.9	0.7
Age	18–44	1,853	90.8	0.7	1,907	84.2	0.8
Age	45 and over	1,227	90.2	0.8	1,185	83.5	1.1
Race	Non-Hispanic, White	788	91.1	1.0	828	83.5	1.3
	Non-Hispanic, Black	1,558	90.6	0.7	�� 1,558	83.1	1.0
	Hispanic	667	90.3	1.1	655	86.4	1.3
	Other	43	90.7	4.5	41	90.2	4.7
Gender	Male	2,292	91.9	0.6	2,356	84.7	0.7
Gender	Female	768	86.5	1.2	738	81.4	1.4
Health insurance	Private	286	90.6	1.7	256	81.6	2.4
	Medicaid/dual eligible	1,183	90.0	0.9	1,330	86.6	0.9
	Medicare	493	93.3	1.1	405	84.9	1.8
	Other/uninsured	566	93.3	1.1	543	84.5	1.6

^a For HIV patients having at least two CD4 tests < 200 during the year.

Key: PCP: Pneumocystis pneumonia; SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, HIV Research Network.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 5_2_2-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/5_hiv_aids/T5_2_2-1.html