T8_2_5_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 8_2_5.1
Hospital patients age 50 and over with pneumonia discharged during October-February who received an influenza screening or vaccination, United States,^a 2005-2009
		2009			2008		2007		2006		2005
Population group		Number	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		369,196	90.2	0.05	84.7	0.06	78.7	0.07	68.5	0.08	55.2	0.09
Gender	Male	170,136	89.9	0.07	84.4	0.08	78.2	0.11	68.2	0.10	55.4	0.10
Gender	Female	199,045	90.4	0.07	85.0	0.08	79.1	0.10	68.9	0.10	55.1	0.10
Race/ethnicity	White	293,191	91.0	0.05	86.2	0.06	80.4	0.08	70.7	0.10	57.9	0.10
	Black	36,980	86.2	0.18	79.7	0.20	72.1	0.26	60.0	0.30	43.9	0.30
	Hispanic	20,598	88.0	0.23	77.1	0.27	70.9	0.34	58.8	0.40	41.5	0.40
	American Indian/Alaska Native	2,405	80.1	0.81	74.6	0.83	69.0	1.06	58.8	1.10	56.4	1.30
	Asian	6,527	87.3	0.41	80.8	0.47	71.5	0.65	58.5	0.70	43.9	0.70
Age	50-64	105,395	87.2	0.10	80.8	0.12	73.8	0.15	62.0	0.20	47.2	0.20
	65-74	88,756	90.8	0.10	85.6	0.11	79.7	0.15	70.0	0.20	57.0	0.20
	75-84	102,841	91.8	0.09	86.8	0.10	81.1	0.13	71.5	0.10	59.0	0.20
	85 and over	72,204	91.2	0.11	85.8	0.12	80.1	0.16	70.0	0.20	56.1	0.20

^a. 2009 data do not include data from the U.S. territories (Guam, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands); other years do not include Guam and U.S. Virgin Islands.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: T8_2_5_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/nhqrdr11/8_respiratorydiseases/T8_2_5_1.html