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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 12_3_1.1
Discharges with central venous catheter placement with associated bloodstream infections or mechanical adverse events, United States, 2002 and 2007a
    2007 2002
Population group Percent SE Percent SE
Total   3.57 0.34 4.87 0.31
Age Under 65 3.18 0.68 5.37 0.77
65–74 3.91 0.61 4.23 0.47
75–84 3.58 0.59 4.90 0.52
85 and over 3.28 0.93 5.07 0.97
Gender Male 3.66 0.49 4.64 0.43
Female 3.48 0.46 4.88 0.43
Race White 3.70 0.38 4.56 0.33
Black 3.77 0.99 6.66 0.99
Other DSU DSU DSU DSU
Diabetes Yes 3.87 0.55 5.11 0.51
No 3.35 0.43 4.56 0.38
Obesity Yes 3.97 0.79 4.64 0.78
No 3.46 0.37 4.79 0.33
CHF/pulmonary edema Yes 3.68 0.56 5.36 0.51
No 3.50 0.42 2.60 0.29
COPD Yes 2.99 0.57 5.11 0.54
No 3.81 0.42 4.87 0.38

a All Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) discharges from the MPSMS sample.

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.

 

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