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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 12_3_6.2a
Decubitus ulcers per 1,000 discharges of length 5 or more days (excluding transfers; patients admitted from long-term care facilities; patients with diseases of the skin, subcutaneous tissue, and breast; and obstetric admissions),a age 18 and over, 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   24.3 0.0 22.4 0.1 33.2 0.1 20.5 0.3 24.1 0.2
Age 18–44 6.3 0.1 6.1 0.1 7.2 0.1 6.0 0.4 5.4 0.2
45–64 15.9 0.1 16.1 0.1 17.0 0.1 11.5 0.5 12.4 0.2
65 and over 34.6 0.1 31.9 0.1 48.8 0.2 29.9 0.5 35.5 0.3
  65–69 24.9 0.2 23.4 0.2 31.7 0.4 19.9 1.1 23.6 0.5
  70–74 25.8 0.2 23.9 0.2 34.9 0.4 21.5 1.1 25.2 0.5
  75–79 33.8 0.2 31.2 0.2 48.5 0.4 31.6 1.1 34.1 0.6
  80–84 33.5 0.2 30.2 0.2 53.8 0.5 29.6 1.1 38.4 0.6
  85 and over 49.0 0.2 44.1 0.2 80.5 0.6 41.4 1.3 57.8 0.8
Gender Male 24.1 0.1 24.7 0.1 23.8 0.1 22.0 0.5 18.9 0.2
Female 25.3 0.1 24.4 0.1 28.8 0.1 20.7 0.5 22.4 0.2
Median income of patient's ZIP code First quartile (lowest income) 25.1 0.1 21.9 0.1 32.6 0.2 21.8 0.9 23.8 0.2
Second quartile 23.9 0.1 22.1 0.1 33.5 0.3 19.1 0.7 24.2 0.4
Third quartile 23.5 0.1 22.1 0.1 34.0 0.3 21.9 0.6 25.0 0.4
Fourth quartile (highest income) 24.3 0.1 23.6 0.1 35.1 0.4 19.7 0.6 24.0 0.5
Location of patient residence Large central metropolitan 29.5 0.1 27.8 0.1 36.4 0.2 22.3 0.4 26.1 0.2
Large fringe metropolitan 24.5 0.1 23.0 0.1 34.0 0.3 21.6 0.9 23.6 0.5
Medium metropolitan 21.3 0.1 20.6 0.1 26.8 0.3 15.6 0.8 21.6 0.4
Small metropolitan 20.9 0.2 20.0 0.2 27.3 0.5 13.1 2.4 22.5 0.7
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 19.8 0.1 18.8 0.2 28.9 0.5 15.9 1.4 20.7 0.8
Noncore (nonmetro) 19.1 0.2 18.1 0.2 28.4 0.5 DSU DSU 18.9 1.0
Expected payment source Private insurance 20.4 0.1 20.0 0.2 24.6 0.4 17.9 1.0 16.4 0.5
Medicare 24.6 0.1 22.4 0.1 35.2 0.1 20.9 0.4 26.2 0.2
Medicaid 31.8 0.2 34.0 0.3 35.9 0.4 21.2 0.9 24.5 0.4
Other insurance 20.2 0.4 21.3 0.5 20.9 1.0 19.5 2.8 15.4 1.1
Uninsured/self-pay/no charge 16.1 0.4 17.4 0.5 15.4 0.7 15.5 2.4 14.5 0.8
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 27.2 0.1 25.5 0.1 37.6 0.3 22.1 0.9 26.3 0.4
Midwest 21.9 0.1 19.6 0.1 33.0 0.2 14.6 1.6 20.3 1.0
South 23.1 0.1 21.1 0.1 30.5 0.2 26.1 0.8 22.9 0.3
West 26.7 0.1 26.6 0.2 40.8 0.4 19.1 0.4 24.8 0.3
Ownership/control of hospital Private, not for profit 24.5 0.1 22.6 0.1 33.7 0.1 22.2 0.4 24.4 0.2
Private, for profit 24.1 0.1 22.4 0.1 31.7 0.3 17.7 0.7 25.0 0.3
Public 23.2 0.1 21.2 0.2 32.7 0.3 16.5 0.8 21.4 0.5
Teaching status Teaching 29.2 0.1 27.3 0.1 36.3 0.2 21.8 0.6 26.4 0.3
Nonteaching 22.2 0.1 20.7 0.1 31.0 0.2 19.9 0.4 23.1 0.2
Location of hospital Large central metropolitan 28.8 0.1 26.9 0.1 36.4 0.2 22.4 0.4 25.9 0.2
Large fringe metropolitan 24.9 0.1 23.2 0.1 33.9 0.3 20.2 1.0 24.6 0.5
Medium metropolitan 21.3 0.1 20.6 0.1 26.7 0.3 15.5 0.8 21.6 0.3
Small metropolitan 20.7 0.2 19.9 0.2 27.4 0.5 13.1 2.6 21.4 0.7
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 18.9 0.1 17.8 0.2 29.1 0.5 15.1 1.4 18.6 0.9
Noncore (nonmetro) 19.3 0.2 18.0 0.3 29.8 0.7 DSU DSU 21.5 2.1
Bed size of hospital Less than 100 21.2 0.1 19.9 0.1 32.5 0.5 18.1 1.3 27.1 0.6
100–299 23.2 0.1 21.5 0.1 33.0 0.2 19.9 0.4 21.9 0.3
300–499 24.8 0.1 22.6 0.1 33.6 0.2 22.1 0.7 24.8 0.4
500 or more 27.5 0.1 25.9 0.1 33.3 0.2 21.6 0.9 26.6 0.3

a Also excludes admissions specifically for such problems, such as cases from earlier admissions or from other hospitals.

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: 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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