T5_2_7_1

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 5_2_7.1
Adult patients with HIV who received two or more CD4 tests during the year,^a United States, 2007-2008
		2008			2007
Population group		Sample size	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		16,155	82.8	0.3	81.7	0.3
Age	18-44	7,455	80.6	0.5	79.5	0.4
Age	45 and over	8,700	84.8	0.4	83.8	0.4
Race/ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, White	4,081	83.8	0.6	84.2	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	8,085	80.4	0.4	79.2	0.4
	Hispanic	3,595	87.9	0.5	85.2	0.6
	Other	254	84.3	2.3	83.4	2.1
Gender	Male	11,226	82.7	0.4	82.0	0.4
Gender	Female	4,929	83.1	0.5	80.9	0.5
Health insurance	Private	2,329	78.9	0.8	76.6	0.9
	Medicaid	6,564	81.8	0.5	80.4	0.5
	Medicare/dual eligible	2,974	87.9	0.6	86.1	0.7
	Ryan White Program/uninsured	3,816	83.9	0.6	82.6	0.6

^a. Denominator includes adult HIV patients enrolled in an HIV Research Network medical practice prior to each data year. The 2008 data exclude patients who died or did not have an outpatient visit during the year.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, HIV Research Network.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: T5_2_7_1: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/5_hiv_aids/T5_2_7_1.html