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2008 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 9_2_4.1
Home health care patients who get better at walking or moving around, United States, 2004 and 2006
Population group 2006 2004
Percent SE Percent SE
Total 41.2 0.0 37.2 0.03
Age 0–64 43.1 0.1 39.6 0.09
65–74 45.7 0.1 41.2 0.07
75–84 41.6 0.1 37.5 0.05
85 and over 35.6 0.1 31.9 0.06
Gender Male 43.6 0.1 39.8 0.06
Female 39.9 0.0 35.9 0.04
Racea White only 41.4 0.0 37.2 0.04
Black only 38.7 0.1 35.7 0.10
Asian only 44.7 0.3 40.9 0.27
NHOPI only 44.9 0.8 41.3 0.79
AI/AN only 41.1 0.5 37.0 0.49
Multiple races 42.9 0.9 39.3 0.99
Ethnicitya Hispanic, all races 41.2 0.1 39.1 0.13
Non-Hispanic, White 41.4 0.0 37.2 0.04
Non-Hispanic, Black 38.7 0.1 35.7 0.10
Non-Hispanic, other 43.7 0.2 38.6 0.16

a Excludes records with missing values.

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

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

 

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