Table 17_1_6-2a

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.

Table 17_1_6.2a
Physician office and hospital outpatient visits per 100 population,^a by patient race,^b United States, 2007-2008
				Single race										Multiple races
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		361.2	11.4	370.0	15.3	359.5	25.2	314.0	46.5	815.9	198.1	251.3	38.4	92.6	14.8
Age	0-17	279.0	13.9	287.1	18.4	279.8	32.6	315.9	55.4	450.9	109.3	173.4	49.1	56.7	11.2
	18-44	256.7	8.9	258.6	11.8	274.1	21.4	230.8	37.1	DSU	DSU	187.0	30.1	76.6	16.2
	45-64	406.9	13.8	408.2	18.3	444.5	34.4	332.3	70.8	949.8	262.6	338.8	66.3	159.0	37.3
	65 and over	744.4	30.7	742.9	39.1	814.3	85.2	650.3	128.7	DSU	DSU	674.4	153.7	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	299.7	10.0	430.4	18.2	294.5	20.5	258.0	41.1	DSU	DSU	199.8	37.4	73.2	12.8
Gender	Female	420.2	13.5	308.2	13.4	415.9	31.3	366.4	55.6	1,112.7	294.8	301.9	48.6	111.2	20.2

^a To maintain consistency with data from prior years, visits to midlevel providers at community health centers were excluded. Population used for calculation is the U.S. Census Bureau estimated civilian noninstitutional population on July 1, 2007, and July 1, 2008.

^b For 2007-2008, 35.7% of race data were missing. Missing data were imputed, and standard errors were inflated consistent with the guidance in "2007 NAMCS Microdata File Documentation," ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Dataset_Documentation/NAMCS/doc07.pdf.� These data should be interpreted with caution.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; MSA: metropolitan statistical area; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 17_1_6-2a: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/17_utilization/T17_1_6-2a.html