2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports: Data Tables Appendix: Table 12_2

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Table 12_2_1.1
Surgical discharges with postoperative pneumonia events or venous thromboembolic events, United States, 2002 and 2007^a
		2007		2002
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		1.38	0.16	3.37	0.18
Age	Under 65	DSU	DSU	3.76	0.56
	65–74	1.00	0.22	2.53	0.25
	75–84	1.87	0.32	4.33	0.34
	85 and over	DSU	DSU	2.98	0.53
Gender	Male	1.71	0.27	2.08	0.19
Gender	Female	1.13	0.20	4.98	0.33
Race	White	1.35	0.17	3.24	0.19
	Black	DSU	DSU	4.34	0.80
	Other	DSU	DSU	4.27	0.94
Diabetes	Yes	1.06	0.27	4.57	0.42
Diabetes	No	1.50	0.20	2.93	0.20
CHF/pulmonary edema	Yes	2.40	0.54	9.33	0.72
CHF/pulmonary edema	No	1.20	0.17	2.09	0.16
COPD	Yes	2.17	0.48	6.90	0.54
COPD	No	1.21	0.17	2.33	0.17

^a All Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) discharges from the MPSMS sample. Venous thromboembolic events include 30-day postoperative readmissions for pneumonia and venous thromboembolic events.

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

Key: CHF: congestive heart failure; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System.