Table T7_3_1_2-2_4

2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

This appendix provides detailed data tables for all measures analyzed for the 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Tables are included for measures discussed in the main text of the reports as well as for other measures that were examined but not included in the main text.

Table 7_3_1_2.2_4
Potentially avoidable hospitalizations for acute conditions^a per 100,000 population, age 18 and over,^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	638.1	13.9	802.4	27.7	671.1	23.1	567.2	24.8	521.4	33.4
	2007	649.6	12.2	820.9	28.8	672.6	24.1	586.6	22.3	516.0	31.7
	2006	655.9	14.4	820.8	27.4	689.4	26.9	585.8	23.3	542.9	32.8
	2005	716.9	15.5	890.7	30.4	740.0	28.0	642.4	24.7	615.0	36.6
	2004	686.4	12.4	842.0	30.0	720.3	25.3	609.2	23.9	570.5	33.0
	2003	713.3	12.4	899.0	34.1	751.0	25.0	636.0	22.6	583.7	35.1
	2002	745.3	13.3	913.0	31.0	785.3	29.0	670.3	26.6	600.6	39.6
	2001	702.4	11.2	859.0	29.3	734.5	26.0	615.6	24.0	607.7	36.9
	2000	714.2	12.3	1061.4	38.0	738.3	25.2	611.4	25.4	524.6	32.3

^a Based on the three Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Prevention Quality Indicators for bacterial pneumonia, dehydration, and urinary tract infection.

^b Rates are adjusted by age and gender using the total U.S. resident population for 2000 as the 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 June 2013

Internet Citation: Table T7_3_1_2-2_4: 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. June 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr12/7_efficiency/T7_3_1_2-2_4.html