24-6.
Increase the proportion of persons with asthma who receive formal patient education, including information about community and self-help resources, as an essential part of the management of their condition.
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24-6. | |
Increase the proportion of persons with asthma who receive formal patient education, including information about community and self-help resources, as an essential part of the management of their condition. |
Target: 30 percent.
Baseline: 8.4 percent of persons with asthma received formal patient education in 1998 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS.
|
Persons With Asthma, 1998 |
Received Patient Education |
|
Percent |
|
|
TOTAL |
8.4 |
|
Race and ethnicity |
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
DSU |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
DSU |
|
Asian |
DSU |
|
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
DSU |
|
Black or African American |
11.2 |
|
White |
7.8 |
|
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
7.8 |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
8.4 |
|
Black or African American |
11.3 |
|
White |
7.9 |
|
Gender |
|
|
Female |
9.1 |
|
Male |
7.1 |
|
Family income level |
|
|
Poor |
7.2 |
|
Near poor |
10.3 |
|
Middle/high income |
8.4 |
DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not
collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.
Note: Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.