Table 12_2_6-1
2010 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.
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| Population group | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | |
| Total | 10.7 | 0.0 | 10.4 | 0.0 | 10.9 | 0.0 | 11.3 | 0.0 | 10.2 | 0.1 | |
| Age | 18-44 | 5.3 | 0.1 | 5.0 | 0.1 | 5.0 | 0.1 | 5.3 | 0.1 | 4.8 | 0.1 |
| 45-64 | 9.9 | 0.1 | 9.6 | 0.1 | 9.9 | 0.1 | 10.2 | 0.1 | 9.3 | 0.1 | |
| 65 and over | 15.8 | 0.1 | 15.3 | 0.1 | 16.3 | 0.1 | 16.7 | 0.1 | 15.2 | 0.1 | |
| 65-69 | 13.2 | 0.2 | 13.1 | 0.2 | 13.1 | 0.2 | 14.2 | 0.2 | 12.4 | 0.2 | |
| 70-74 | 13.6 | 0.2 | 13.5 | 0.2 | 14.1 | 0.2 | 14.1 | 0.2 | 13.2 | 0.2 | |
| 75-79 | 17.4 | 0.2 | 16.8 | 0.2 | 17.4 | 0.2 | 17.4 | 0.2 | 16.4 | 0.2 | |
| 80-84 | 19.5 | 0.2 | 17.8 | 0.3 | 20.5 | 0.3 | 20.9 | 0.3 | 19.7 | 0.3 | |
| 85 and over | 21.1 | 0.4 | 20.3 | 0.4 | 22.8 | 0.4 | 23.5 | 0.4 | 19.3 | 0.4 | |
| Gender | Male | 14.8 | 0.1 | 14.2 | 0.1 | 15.0 | 0.1 | 15.4 | 0.1 | 13.9 | 0.1 |
| Female | 9.0 | 0.1 | 8.7 | 0.1 | 8.9 | 0.1 | 9.1 | 0.1 | 8.1 | 0.1 | |
| Median income of patient's ZIP Code | First quartile (lowest income) | 11.7 | 0.1 | 11.2 | 0.1 | 11.8 | 0.1 | 11.9 | 0.1 | 11.0 | 0.1 |
| Second quartile | 11.0 | 0.1 | 10.6 | 0.1 | 11.1 | 0.1 | 11.8 | 0.1 | 10.3 | 0.1 | |
| Third quartile | 10.6 | 0.1 | 10.3 | 0.1 | 10.7 | 0.1 | 11.1 | 0.1 | 10.3 | 0.1 | |
| Fourth quartile (highest income) | 9.5 | 0.1 | 9.4 | 0.1 | 9.9 | 0.1 | 10.3 | 0.1 | 9.3 | 0.1 | |
| Location of patient residence | Large central metropolitan | 11.0 | 0.1 | 10.5 | 0.1 | 11.2 | 0.1 | 11.4 | 0.1 | 10.8 | 0.1 |
| Large fringe metropolitan | 10.4 | 0.1 | 10.5 | 0.1 | 10.3 | 0.1 | 11.7 | 0.1 | 10.4 | 0.1 | |
| Medium metropolitan | 11.4 | 0.1 | 10.9 | 0.1 | 11.2 | 0.1 | 11.6 | 0.1 | 9.8 | 0.1 | |
| Small metropolitan | 9.8 | 0.1 | 9.9 | 0.1 | 10.8 | 0.2 | 10.9 | 0.2 | 9.5 | 0.2 | |
| Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan) | 10.2 | 0.1 | 10.3 | 0.1 | 10.1 | 0.1 | 10.2 | 0.1 | 9.8 | 0.2 | |
| Noncore (nonmetropolitan) | 11.0 | 0.2 | 9.3 | 0.2 | 11.6 | 0.2 | 11.1 | 0.2 | 10.1 | 0.2 | |
| Expected payment source | Private | 9.7 | 0.1 | 9.3 | 0.1 | 9.7 | 0.1 | 10.2 | 0.1 | 9.5 | 0.1 |
| Medicare | 10.9 | 0.1 | 10.5 | 0.1 | 11.1 | 0.1 | 11.6 | 0.1 | 10.2 | 0.1 | |
| Medicaid | 14.7 | 0.2 | 15.8 | 0.2 | 16.0 | 0.2 | 15.8 | 0.2 | 14.6 | 0.2 | |
| Other | 10.8 | 0.3 | 10.7 | 0.3 | 10.3 | 0.3 | 9.9 | 0.3 | 9.0 | 0.3 | |
| Uninsured/self-pay/no charge | 13.0 | 0.3 | 11.6 | 0.3 | 10.7 | 0.3 | 10.3 | 0.3 | 13.2 | 0.4 | |
| Region of inpatient treatment | Northeast | 9.6 | 0.1 | 11.2 | 0.1 | 10.1 | 0.1 | 11.2 | 0.1 | 9.8 | 0.1 |
| Midwest | 10.2 | 0.1 | 9.6 | 0.1 | 10.7 | 0.1 | 11.6 | 0.1 | 9.6 | 0.1 | |
| South | 12.0 | 0.1 | 11.0 | 0.1 | 11.6 | 0.1 | 11.4 | 0.1 | 10.7 | 0.1 | |
| West | 10.0 | 0.1 | 9.6 | 0.1 | 10.3 | 0.1 | 10.6 | 0.1 | 10.5 | 0.1 | |
| Ownership/control of hospital | Private, not for profit | 10.4 | 0.1 | 10.1 | 0.1 | 10.4 | 0.1 | 10.9 | 0.1 | 9.7 | 0.1 |
| Private, for profit | 11.0 | 0.1 | 11.1 | 0.1 | 13.2 | 0.1 | 12.3 | 0.1 | 11.7 | 0.2 | |
| Public | 12.3 | 0.1 | 11.5 | 0.1 | 11.0 | 0.1 | 12.6 | 0.1 | 12.6 | 0.2 | |
| Teaching status of hospital | Teaching | 11.0 | 0.1 | 10.5 | 0.1 | 11.0 | 0.1 | 11.8 | 0.1 | 10.6 | 0.1 |
| Non teaching | 10.5 | 0.1 | 10.3 | 0.1 | 10.8 | 0.1 | 11.0 | 0.1 | 10.0 | 0.1 | |
| Location of hospital | Large central metropolitan | 10.9 | 0.1 | 10.7 | 0.1 | 11.3 | 0.1 | 11.7 | 0.1 | 10.6 | 0.1 |
| Large fringe metropolitan | 10.9 | 0.1 | 10.1 | 0.1 | 10.5 | 0.1 | 11.1 | 0.1 | 10.6 | 0.1 | |
| Medium metropolitan | 11.3 | 0.1 | 11.3 | 0.1 | 11.0 | 0.1 | 12.0 | 0.1 | 9.7 | 0.1 | |
| Small metropolitan | 10.1 | 0.1 | 9.7 | 0.1 | 10.9 | 0.2 | 10.7 | 0.1 | 10.4 | 0.2 | |
| Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan) | 9.6 | 0.2 | 8.4 | 0.2 | 9.8 | 0.2 | 9.2 | 0.2 | 8.7 | 0.2 | |
| Noncore (nonmetropolitan) | 7.2 | 0.4 | 5.8 | 0.4 | 9.5 | 0.4 | 7.6 | 0.4 | 7.7 | 0.3 | |
| Bed size of hospital | Less than 100 | 7.1 | 0.2 | 7.5 | 0.2 | 8.3 | 0.1 | 8.3 | 0.2 | 8.3 | 0.2 |
| 100-299 | 10.1 | 0.1 | 9.9 | 0.1 | 12.1 | 0.1 | 11.1 | 0.1 | 10.2 | 0.1 | |
| 300-499 | 11.1 | 0.1 | 11.2 | 0.1 | 11.0 | 0.1 | 12.0 | 0.1 | 11.2 | 0.1 | |
| 500 or more | 12.3 | 0.1 | 11.0 | 0.1 | 9.9 | 0.1 | 11.7 | 0.1 | 9.7 | 0.1 | |
aExcludes patients with respiratory disease, circulatory disease, or neuromuscular disorders, obstetric conditions, and admissions specifically for acute respiratory failure.� Rates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, comorbidities, and diagnosis-related group (DRG) clusters. When reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender, comorbidities, and DRG clusters; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age, comorbidities, and DRG clusters.
Key: SE: standard error.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample; and AHRQ Quality Indicators, version 3.1.
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