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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 12_2_10.3a
Foreign body accidentally left in during procedure per 1,000 medical and surgical discharges,a age 18 and over or obstetric admissions, by race/ethnicity, United States, 2006
        Non-Hispanic    
    Total White Black API Hispanic, all races
Population group Rateb SE Rateb SE Rateb SE Rateb SE Rateb SE
Total   0.09 0.00 0.09 0.00 0.08 0.01 0.09 0.02 0.07 0.01
Age 18–44 0.08 0.01 0.08 0.01 0.07 0.01 DSU DSU 0.06 0.01
45–64 0.11 0.01 0.12 0.01 0.09 0.01 DSU DSU 0.10 0.02
65 and over 0.08 0.01 0.08 0.01 0.08 0.01 DSU DSU 0.06 0.01
  65–69 0.12 0.01 0.14 0.01 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
  70–74 0.12 0.01 0.12 0.01 0.16 0.04 DSU DSU DSU DSU
  75–79 0.08 0.01 0.08 0.01 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
  80–84 0.06 0.01 0.06 0.01 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
  85 and over 0.04 0.01 0.05 0.01 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Gender Male 0.09 0.01 0.10 0.01 0.08 0.01 DSU DSU 0.07 0.01
Female 0.08 0.00 0.09 0.01 0.08 0.01 0.07 0.02 0.07 0.01
Median income of patient's ZIP code First quartile (lowest income) 0.08 0.01 0.08 0.01 0.07 0.01 DSU DSU 0.06 0.01
Second quartile 0.09 0.01 0.10 0.01 0.08 0.01 DSU DSU 0.07 0.01
Third quartile 0.10 0.01 0.10 0.01 0.08 0.02 DSU DSU 0.07 0.02
Fourth quartile (highest income) 0.09 0.01 0.09 0.01 0.09 0.02 DSU DSU 0.10 0.02
Location of patient residence Large central metropolitan 0.08 0.01 0.09 0.01 0.07 0.01 0.09 0.03 0.06 0.01
Large fringe metropolitan 0.09 0.01 0.09 0.01 0.08 0.01 DSU DSU 0.10 0.02
Medium metropolitan 0.09 0.01 0.10 0.01 0.11 0.02 DSU DSU 0.07 0.02
Small metropolitan 0.10 0.01 0.10 0.01 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 0.08 0.01 0.09 0.01 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Noncore (nonmetro) 0.10 0.01 0.11 0.01 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Expected payment source Private insurance 0.11 0.01 0.11 0.01 0.10 0.02 DSU DSU 0.11 0.02
Medicare 0.09 0.01 0.09 0.01 0.07 0.01 DSU DSU 0.08 0.02
Medicaid 0.06 0.01 0.07 0.01 0.07 0.01 DSU DSU 0.04 0.01
Other insurance 0.07 0.01 0.07 0.02 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Uninsured/self-pay/no charge 0.07 0.01 0.07 0.01 0.08 0.03 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 0.08 0.01 0.08 0.01 0.05 0.01 DSU DSU 0.07 0.02
Midwest 0.10 0.01 0.11 0.01 0.11 0.02 DSU DSU DSU DSU
South 0.08 0.01 0.08 0.01 0.08 0.01 DSU DSU 0.08 0.01
West 0.09 0.01 0.10 0.01 0.08 0.02 DSU DSU 0.06 0.01
Ownership/control of hospital Private, not for profit 0.09 0.00 0.10 0.01 0.08 0.01 0.07 0.02 0.09 0.01
Private, for profit 0.08 0.01 0.09 0.01 0.07 0.02 DSU DSU 0.05 0.01
Public 0.07 0.01 0.07 0.01 0.06 0.02 DSU DSU 0.04 0.01
Teaching status Teaching 0.10 0.01 0.11 0.01 0.07 0.01 DSU DSU 0.09 0.01
Nonteaching 0.08 0.00 0.08 0.00 0.08 0.01 0.09 0.02 0.06 0.01
Location of hospital Large central metropolitan 0.09 0.01 0.11 0.01 0.07 0.01 0.10 0.03 0.07 0.01
Large fringe metropolitan 0.08 0.01 0.08 0.01 0.09 0.02 DSU DSU 0.06 0.02
Medium metropolitan 0.10 0.01 0.11 0.01 0.10 0.02 DSU DSU 0.06 0.01
Small metropolitan 0.08 0.01 0.08 0.01 0.11 0.03 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 0.07 0.01 0.07 0.01 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Noncore (nonmetro) 0.05 0.01 0.05 0.01 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Bed size of hospital Less than 100 0.06 0.01 0.06 0.01 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
100–299 0.08 0.01 0.08 0.01 0.08 0.01 DSU DSU 0.05 0.01
300–499 0.09 0.01 0.09 0.01 0.09 0.01 DSU DSU 0.09 0.02
500 or more 0.11 0.01 0.13 0.01 0.06 0.01 DSU DSU 0.07 0.01

a Excludes admissions specifically for treatment of foreign body left, such as cases from earlier admissions or from other hospitals.

b Rates are observed rates and are not adjusted for age, gender, or severity.

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

Key: API: Asian or Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, State Inpatient Databases, disparities analysis file, 2006, and AHRQ Quality Indicators, version 3.1. The analysis file is designed to provide national estimates on disparities using weighted records from a sample of hospitals from the following 25 States: AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, KS, MA, MD, MI, MO, NH, NJ, NY, OK, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, and WI.

 

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