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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 12_2_7.1
Postoperative physiologic and metabolic derangements per 1,000 elective-surgery discharges (excluding some serious diseasesa and obstetric admissions), age 18 and over, United States, 2000 and 2006
    2006 2000
Population group Rateb SE Rateb SE
Total   0.42 0.01 0.43 0.01
Age 18–44 0.19 0.02 0.23 0.02
45–64 0.43 0.01 0.36 0.01
65 and over 0.59 0.02 0.61 0.02
  65–69 0.63 0.03 0.53 0.03
  70–74 0.51 0.03 0.59 0.03
  75–79 0.67 0.03 0.69 0.04
  80–84 0.60 0.04 0.77 0.06
  85 and over 0.41 0.04 0.46 0.06
Gender Male 0.57 0.02 0.56 0.02
Female 0.37 0.01 0.34 0.01
Median income of patient's ZIP code First quartile (lowest income) 0.45 0.02 0.43 0.02
Second quartile 0.42 0.02 0.43 0.02
Third quartile 0.39 0.02 0.43 0.02
Fourth quartile (highest income) 0.42 0.02 0.42 0.02
Location of patient residence Large central metropolitan 0.47 0.02 0.47 0.02
Large fringe metropolitan 0.43 0.02 0.44 0.02
Medium metropolitan 0.44 0.02 0.50 0.02
Small metropolitan 0.38 0.03 0.46 0.03
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 0.38 0.02 0.24 0.03
Noncore (nonmetro) 0.33 0.03 0.32 0.03
Expected payment source Private insurance 0.46 0.02 0.39 0.02
Medicare 0.39 0.01 0.43 0.01
Medicaid 0.67 0.04 0.76 0.05
Other insurance 0.60 0.06 0.27 0.07
Uninsured/self-pay/no charge 0.32 0.07 0.29 0.08
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 0.49 0.02 0.46 0.02
Midwest 0.39 0.02 0.32 0.02
South 0.40 0.01 0.35 0.02
West 0.46 0.02 0.68 0.02
Ownership/control of hospital Private, not for profit 0.41 0.01 0.44 0.01
Private, for profit 0.47 0.02 0.37 0.03
Public 0.44 0.03 0.37 0.03
Teaching status of hospital Teaching 0.43 0.01 0.46 0.02
Nonteaching 0.41 0.01 0.41 0.01
Location of hospital Large central metropolitan 0.47 0.01 0.47 0.02
Large fringe metropolitan 0.41 0.02 0.43 0.02
Medium metropolitan 0.42 0.02 0.45 0.02
Small metropolitan 0.33 0.03 0.40 0.03
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 0.33 0.04 DSU DSU
Noncore (nonmetro) DSU DSU DSU DSU
Bed size of hospital Less than 100 0.30 0.03 0.24 0.04
100–299 0.42 0.02 0.40 0.02
300–499 0.39 0.02 0.45 0.02
500 or more 0.50 0.02 0.47 0.02

a That is, excluding patients with diabetic coma and patients with renal failure who also were diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), cardiac arrhythmia, cardiac arrest, shock, hemorrhage, or gastrointestinal hemorrhage.

b Rates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, comorbidities, and diagnosis-related group (DRG) clusters. When reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender, comorbidities, and DRG clusters; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age, comorbidities, and DRG clusters.

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

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample and AHRQ Quality Indicators, version 3.1.

 

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