Table 15_2_1-1

2010 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_1.1
Antibiotic prescribing at ambulatory medical care visits for colds per 10,000 population,^a United States, 2005-2008
		2007-2008				2006-2007				2005-2006
Population group		Sample size	Number of visits (in thousands)	Rate	SE	Sample size	Number of visits (in thousands)	Rate	SE	Sample size	Number of visits (in thousands)	Rate	SE
Total		471	8,830	148.4	14.1	450	8,377	141.9	15.3	432	8,492	145.1	19.0
Age	0-17	251	4,790	324.7	48.7	223	3,874	263.0	43.7	208	3,003	204.5	33.6
	18-44	118	2,058	93.4	16.8	134	2,529	114.5	18.9	134	2,865	129.6	22.0
	45-64	68	1,248	81.3	15.2	69	1,675	111.4	19.2	69	2,009	137.0	26.5
	65 and over	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	225	3,687	126.6	15.8	201	3,212	111.1	16.7	194	3,848	134.3	22.9
Gender	Female	246	5,143	169.3	21.6	249	5,165	171.3	23.0	238	4,645	155.4	26.1
Race^b	White only	333	6,452	135.5	17.3	339	6,279	132.6	18.1	335	7,035	149.6	23.5
	Black only	103	1,320	176.0	43.4	86	1,196	160.8	49	78	857	116.6	34.3
	Asian only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of patient residence	MSA	358	7,153	143.3	15.4	345	6,853	138.8	18.2	321	6,478	132.1	21.7
Location of patient residence	Non-MSA	113	1,677	175.1	37.0	105	1,524	157.7	30.8	111	2,015	211.8	54.3

^a Includes visits for which the patient had a sole diagnosis of a common cold (ICD-9-CM codes 460.0, 465, or 472.0) and for which antibiotics were prescribed or continued. Population is U.S. Census Bureau estimated civilian noninstitutionalized population on July 1 of the two data years. Ambulatory medical care visits include visits to office-based physicians, hospital outpatient departments, and emergency departments.

^b Race data were missing for about 20-30% of visits for a cold in which an antibiotic was prescribed. Missing data were imputed, and standard errors were inflated consistent with the guidance in "2007 NAMCS Microdata File Documentation," ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Dataset_Documentation/NAMCS/doc07.pdf.� These data should be interpreted with caution.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; MSA: metropolitan statistical area; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 15_2_1-1: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/15_efficiency/T15_2_1-1.html