Table 12_3_2-1
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 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
| Age | 18-44 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 0.0 |
| 45-64 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | |
| 65 and over | 4.4 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
| 65-69 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 0.0 | |
| 70-74 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 0.0 | |
| 75-79 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 | |
| 80-84 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
| 85 and over | 2.3 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | |
| Gender | Male | 4.1 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 0.0 |
| Female | 5.4 | 0.0 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | |
| Median income of patient's ZIP Code | First quartile (lowest income) | 4.7 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 0.0 |
| Second quartile | 4.9 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 0.0 | |
| Third quartile | 4.9 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 0.0 | |
| Fourth quartile (highest income) | 4.6 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 | |
| Location of patient residence | Large central metropolitan | 4.6 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 0.0 |
| Large fringe metropolitan | 4.4 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 0.0 | |
| Medium metropolitan | 5.2 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | |
| Small metropolitan | 5.1 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 | |
| Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan) | 5.1 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 0.0 | |
| Noncore (nonmetropolitan) | 4.8 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | |
| Expected payment source | Private | 4.6 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 |
| Medicare | 5.0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | |
| Medicaid | 4.9 | 0.1 | 5.0 | 0.1 | 4.9 | 0.1 | 4.7 | 0.1 | 3.9 | 0.1 | |
| Other | 4.6 | 0.1 | 4.4 | 0.1 | 4.3 | 0.1 | 4.0 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 0.1 | |
| Uninsured/self-pay/no charge | 4.5 | 0.1 | 4.0 | 0.1 | 3.6 | 0.1 | 3.9 | 0.1 | 3.3 | 0.1 | |
| Region of inpatient treatment | Northeast | 4.3 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 0.0 |
| Midwest | 4.8 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | |
| South | 4.7 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 | |
| West | 5.5 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | |
| Ownership/control of hospital | Private, not for profit | 4.8 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 0.0 |
| Private, for profit | 4.4 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 0.0 | |
| Public | 5.3 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 0.0 | |
| Teaching status of hospital | Teaching | 4.9 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 0.0 |
| Nonteaching | 4.7 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 0.0 | |
| Location of hospital | Large central metropolitan | 4.7 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 |
| Large fringe metropolitan | 4.3 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 | |
| Medium metropolitan | 5.1 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | |
| Small metropolitan | 5.2 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | |
| Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan) | 5.2 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 0.0 | |
| Noncore (nonmetropolitan) | 4.7 | 0.1 | 4.2 | 0.1 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 3.7 | 0.1 | 4.9 | 0.1 | |
| Bed size of hospital | Less than 100 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 0.0 |
| 100-299 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 | |
| 300-499 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 0.0 | |
| 500 or more | 5.0 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 0.0 | |
a Excludes obstetric admissions.� Also excludes admissions specifically for such problems, such as cases from earlier admissions or from other hospitals. 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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