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Table 136b
Home health care patients who get better at taking their medication correctly, by ethnicity,a 2005
Population group Total Non-Hispanic Hispanic, all races
White Black
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   40.1 0.0 40.5 0.1 40.1 0.1 37.3 0.1
Age 0-64 44.3 0.1 44.3 0.2 45.7 0.3 42.6 0.4
65-74 50.4 0.1 52.5 0.1 45.6 0.3 44.5 0.3
75-84 41.5 0.1 42.4 0.1 38.6 0.2 36.2 0.2
85 and over 30.5 0.1 31.0 0.1 29.9 0.3 26.4 0.3
Gender Male 40.9 0.1 41.5 0.1 40.1 0.2 37.6 0.2
Female 39.6 0.1 39.9 0.1 40.1 0.2 37.1 0.2

a Excludes records with missing values.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Outcome and Assessment Information Set.

 

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