T15_2_5_2_4

2011 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 15_2_5.2_4
Perforated appendixes per 1,000 admissions with appendicitis,^a ages 1-17,^b by income, United States, 2000-2008
				Median income of patient's ZIP Code
		Total		First quartile (lowest income)		Second quartile		Third quartile		Fourth quartile (highest income)
Data year		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Data year	2008	290.6	5.2	317.3	9.2	301.6	8.6	292.5	8.7	251.3	8.0
	2007	301.5	4.9	322.2	8.3	317.5	8.0	301.7	9.3	264.8	8.1
	2006	298.0	4.3	326.4	7.9	303.3	7.7	290.7	8.2	272.8	8.2
	2005	308.9	4.7	321.6	8.7	303.2	7.9	318.6	7.8	291.3	7.1
	2004	308.9	4.7	344.9	8.1	313.4	8.0	311.2	8.2	263.4	7.3
	2003	311.8	4.5	343.0	8.3	322.0	8.0	312.2	7.7	265.6	7.9
	2002	303.3	4.7	327.5	8.4	298.4	8.0	293.1	8.0	290.3	9.1
	2001	304.9	4.3	321.8	8.4	307.7	7.7	308.9	8.4	279.0	7.8
	2000	303.4	4.2	305.0	7.8	315.8	7.4	309.2	8.7	281.4	7.7

^a. Obstetric admissions and transfers from other institutions are excluded.

^b. Rates are adjusted by age and gender using U.S. hospitalizations for 2000 as the U.S. standard population.

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, modified version 4.1.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: T15_2_5_2_4: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/15_efficiency/T15_2_5_2_4.html