T8_2_6_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_6.1
Hospital patients age 65 and over with pneumonia who received a pneumococcal 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		497,975	92.0	0.04	87.7	0.04	82.5	0.05	74.3	0.06	61.2	0.07
Gender	Male	230,252	91.9	0.06	87.6	0.07	82.4	0.08	74.4	0.10	61.5	0.10
Gender	Female	267,685	92.1	0.05	87.7	0.06	82.6	0.07	74.3	0.10	61.0	0.10
Race/ethnicity	White	408,015	92.7	0.04	89.0	0.05	84.2	0.05	76.5	0.10	63.9	0.10
	Black	39,138	88.6	0.16	82.5	0.18	75.5	0.21	65.3	0.30	49.1	0.30
	Hispanic	25,626	90.0	0.19	79.3	0.24	72.7	0.26	61.7	0.30	44.7	0.30
	American Indian/Alaska Native	2,640	87.5	0.64	81.2	0.71	78.4	0.77	68.8	0.90	57.2	1.10
	Asian	9,884	89.1	0.31	81.5	0.38	73.2	0.46	60.5	0.50	45.7	0.60
Age	65-74	167,263	91.8	0.07	87.4	0.08	82.2	0.09	74.6	0.10	61.9	0.10
	75-84	194,665	92.5	0.06	88.4	0.07	83.5	0.08	75.4	0.10	62.6	0.10
	85 and over	136,047	91.5	0.08	86.9	0.09	81.4	0.10	72.5	0.10	58.5	0.10

^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_6_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_6_1.html