Table 6_2_4-1
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 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 3.9 | 0.2 | 4.1 | 0.2 | 4.4 | 0.2 | 4.7 | 0.3 | |
| Age | 10-14 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
| 15-17 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 0.7 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| 18-24 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 0.3 | |
| 25-34 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 3.9 | 0.2 | 4.3 | 0.3 | 4.7 | 0.3 | 4.8 | 0.4 | |
| 35-54 | 4.9 | 0.3 | 5.5 | 0.4 | 4.9 | 0.3 | 5.2 | 0.3 | 6.6 | 0.7 | |
| Median income of patient's ZIP Code | First quartile (lowest income) | 3.3 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 3.5 | 0.3 | 3.6 | 0.3 |
| Second quartile | 3.5 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 4.1 | 0.3 | 3.9 | 0.3 | |
| Third quartile | 3.6 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 4.4 | 0.3 | 5.1 | 0.4 | 5.2 | 0.5 | |
| Fourth quartile (highest income) | 4.1 | 0.3 | 4.6 | 0.4 | 4.8 | 0.5 | 4.9 | 0.4 | 6.0 | 0.7 | |
| Location of patient residence | Large central metropolitan | 3.6 | 0.3 | 4.1 | 0.4 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 4.7 | 0.5 | 4.4 | 0.4 |
| Large fringe metropolitan | 4.1 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 4.4 | 0.3 | 5.6 | 0.7 | |
| Medium metropolitan | 3.0 | 0.3 | 4.1 | 0.4 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 4.3 | 0.5 | 4.8 | 0.6 | |
| Small metropolitan | 4.4 | 0.7 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 3.9 | 0.7 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 4.2 | 0.5 | |
| Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan) | 3.4 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 0.6 | |
| Noncore (nonmetropolitan) | 2.9 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 3.9 | 0.6 | |
| Expected payment source | Private | 3.9 | 0.2 | 4.3 | 0.3 | 4.5 | 0.3 | 4.9 | 0.3 | 5.2 | 0.4 |
| Medicare | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Medicaid | 3.3 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 0.3 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 3.6 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 0.3 | |
| Other | 2.1 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 0.7 | |
| Uninsured/self-pay/no charge | 3.9 | 0.7 | 3.8 | 0.7 | 5.1 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 4.8 | 0.9 | |
| Region of inpatient treatment | Northeast | 4.1 | 0.4 | 4.1 | 0.5 | 4.9 | 0.6 | 6.0 | 0.9 | 6.0 | 1.3 |
| Midwest | 4.5 | 0.5 | 4.8 | 0.6 | 4.9 | 0.5 | 4.6 | 0.4 | 5.6 | 0.7 | |
| South | 3.3 | 0.3 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 0.3 | |
| West | 3.2 | 0.3 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 3.7 | 0.5 | |
| Ownership/control of hospital | Private, not for profit | 3.8 | 0.2 | 4.1 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 0.3 | 4.8 | 0.3 | 5.1 | 0.4 |
| Private, for profit | 2.2 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 3.5 | 0.6 | |
| Public | 3.9 | 0.4 | 4.5 | 0.7 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 0.5 | |
| Teaching status of hospital | Teaching | 4.6 | 0.3 | 5.4 | 0.5 | 5.8 | 0.5 | 6.1 | 0.6 | 6.0 | 0.8 |
| Nonteaching | 3.0 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 4.1 | 0.3 | |
| Location of hospital | Large central metropolitan | 3.7 | 0.3 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 4.5 | 0.4 | 4.8 | 0.5 | 5.1 | 0.7 |
| Large fringe metropolitan | 3.9 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 5.0 | 0.6 | |
| Medium metropolitan | 3.1 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 0.4 | 3.9 | 0.4 | 4.3 | 0.5 | 4.4 | 0.6 | |
| Small metropolitan | 4.3 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 0.7 | 4.6 | 0.8 | 4.6 | 0.6 | |
| Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan) | 2.8 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 0.6 | |
| Noncore (nonmetropolitan) | 3.8 | 0.9 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 1.0 | |
| Bed size of hospital | Less than 100 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 4.1 | 0.5 |
| 100-299 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 3.9 | 0.3 | |
| 300-499 | 3.8 | 0.4 | 4.6 | 0.4 | 4.3 | 0.4 | 4.5 | 0.4 | 4.3 | 0.5 | |
| 500 or more | 4.6 | 0.5 | 4.8 | 0.5 | 4.9 | 0.6 | 5.3 | 0.7 | 7.0 | 1.2 | |
DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
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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