Table 15_1_1-1
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.
| 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2000 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population group | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | |
| Total | 1,702.5 | 33.4 | 1,760.5 | 38.6 | 1,833.5 | 38.3 | 1,843.7 | 34.4 | 1,944.3 | 33.5 | |
| Age | 18-44 | 448.0 | 11.6 | 446.7 | 13.5 | 447.7 | 12.5 | 444.4 | 10.7 | 474.3 | 11.1 |
| 45-64 | 1,491.3 | 37.3 | 1,526.5 | 39.5 | 1,552.8 | 37.5 | 1,593.2 | 34.8 | 1,637.9 | 33.8 | |
| 65 and over | 6,278.7 | 123.6 | 6,558.2 | 144.2 | 6,942.7 | 148.7 | 6,928.9 | 134.5 | 7,166.9 | 135.6 | |
| 65-69 | 3,348.4 | 68.3 | 3,450.2 | 75.4 | 3,649.5 | 77.0 | 3,834.6 | 75.6 | 3,861.2 | 71.4 | |
| 70-74 | 4,599.7 | 88.9 | 4,782.0 | 105.5 | 4,990.4 | 104.9 | 5,107.4 | 99.8 | 5,389.7 | 101.1 | |
| 75-79 | 6,324.5 | 126.0 | 6,650.9 | 147.3 | 7,034.3 | 150.9 | 7,110.6 | 141.0 | 7,429.8 | 145.6 | |
| 80-84 | 8,852.2 | 187.3 | 9,315.1 | 217.5 | 9,989.4 | 222.4 | 9,812.7 | 199.8 | 10,658.8 | 219.2 | |
| 85 and over | 12,572.7 | 287.2 | 13,286.8 | 325.8 | 14,128.1 | 332.0 | 13,506.4 | 294.2 | 15,374.3 | 328.9 | |
| Gender | Male | 1,709.2 | 34.4 | 1,770.5 | 37.6 | 1,839.4 | 38.3 | 1,848.3 | 33.9 | 1,998.1 | 34.3 |
| Female | 1,716.4 | 33.6 | 1,773.8 | 40.4 | 1,850.5 | 39.5 | 1,864.2 | 36.1 | 1,939.4 | 34.4 | |
| Median income of patient's ZIP code | First quartile (lowest income) | 2,341.2 | 91.9 | 2,449.5 | 93.8 | 2,469.3 | 89.5 | 2,478.5 | 98.4 | 3,028.6 | 116.0 |
| Second quartile | 1,766.1 | 64.8 | 1,823.0 | 69.8 | 1,890.2 | 70.4 | 1,925.5 | 68.1 | 2,064.7 | 69.9 | |
| Third quartile | 1,476.2 | 56.4 | 1,504.5 | 58.9 | 1,611.5 | 61.4 | 1,578.9 | 61.7 | 1,644.7 | 68.1 | |
| Fourth quartile (highest income) | 1,233.8 | 74.2 | 1,334.4 | 78.9 | 1,437.5 | 83.3 | 1,385.7 | 79.7 | 1,324.5 | 80.3 | |
| Location of patient residence | Large central metropolitan | 1,733.8 | 127.1 | 1,901.8 | 140.4 | 1,853.3 | 130.3 | 1,848.5 | 135.2 | 2,004.8 | 133.4 |
| Large fringe metropolitan | 1,607.6 | 118.3 | 1,556.5 | 111.7 | 1,740.6 | 128.8 | 1,750.0 | 129.8 | 2,007.1 | 139.5 | |
| Medium metropolitan | 1,515.2 | 136.1 | 1,559.6 | 137.2 | 1,693.2 | 146.1 | 1,566.9 | 136.1 | 1,509.5 | 149.7 | |
| Small metropolitan | 1,687.5 | 184.2 | 1,530.3 | 171.0 | 1,518.0 | 176.2 | 1,750.1 | 188.0 | 1,753.4 | 189.2 | |
| Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan) | 1,903.2 | 96.0 | 2,054.7 | 103.0 | 2,122.6 | 102.6 | 2,254.4 | 111.4 | 2,124.5 | 128.8 | |
| Noncore (nonmetropolitan) | 2,115.0 | 94.6 | 2,282.8 | 110.4 | 2,411.4 | 116.5 | 2,373.8 | 116.4 | 2,628.0 | 125.0 | |
| Region of inpatient treatment | Northeast | 1,687.1 | 78.7 | 1,817.6 | 101.3 | 1,761.1 | 86.7 | 1,791.5 | 87.3 | 2,055.9 | 92.5 |
| Midwest | 1,830.7 | 70.9 | 1,815.0 | 68.3 | 1,871.9 | 59.3 | 1,943.8 | 72.8 | 1,819.9 | 69.2 | |
| South | 1,912.4 | 63.4 | 1,999.4 | 75.3 | 2,145.5 | 80.5 | 2,141.2 | 59.9 | 2,241.7 | 52.3 | |
| West | 1,234.2 | 44.6 | 1,249.6 | 48.6 | 1,332.1 | 57.2 | 1,282.0 | 56.0 | 1,460.3 | 60.7 | |
a Rates are adjusted by age and gender using the total U.S. population for 2000 as the standard population; when reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender only; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age only.
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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