Table 7_1_8-1

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 7_1_8.1
Adults age 18 and over with a mood, anxiety, or impulse control disorder in the last 12 months who received minimally adequate treatment,^a United States, 2001–2003
Population group		Percent	SE
Total		29.4	1.9
Age	18–44	30.8	2.5
	45–64	26.9	2.2
	65 and over	27.3	7.3
Gender	Male	30.4	3.0
Gender	Female	28.9	2.2
Race/ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, White	32.3	2.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	22.8	2.6
	Hispanic	9.0	1.9
Family income^b	Negative/poor	33.6	5.5
	Near poor/low	27.3	4.5
	Middle	26.5	3.8
	High	31.2	2.8
Education	Less than high school	21.8	4.4
	High school graduate	25.5	3.0
	At least some college	34.2	2.2

^a Reference population includes U.S. population age 18 and over who had a mood, anxiety, or impulse control disorder in the past year. The Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) was used to make psychiatric diagnoses consistent with the 4th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). Minimally adequate treatment is defined as at least 60 days of an appropriate medication and 4 visits to a physician or at least 8 visits to a health care or human services professional lasting an average of 30 or more minutes in the past year.

^b Negative/poor refers to household 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.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: National Institutes for Health, National Institute of Mental Health, Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 7_1_8-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/7_mentalhealthsubstanceabuse/T7_1_8-1.html