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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 12_3_7.3a
Transfusion reactions per 1,000 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   0.004 0.001 0.004 0.001 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Age 18–44 0.003 0.001 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
45–64 0.006 0.002 0.007 0.002 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
65 and over 0.005 0.001 0.004 0.001 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Gender Male 0.005 0.001 0.005 0.001 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Female 0.004 0.001 0.004 0.001 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Median income of patient's ZIP code First quartile (lowest income) 0.005 0.001 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Second quartile 0.004 0.001 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Third quartile DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Fourth quartile (highest income) DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Location of patient residence Large central metropolitan 0.005 0.001 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Large fringe metropolitan DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Medium metropolitan DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Small metropolitan DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Micropolitan (nonmetro) DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Noncore (nonmetro) DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Expected payment source Private insurance 0.006 0.002 0.006 0.002 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Medicare 0.004 0.001 0.004 0.001 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Medicaid DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Other insurance DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Uninsured/self-pay/no charge DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Midwest DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
South 0.003 0.001 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
West DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Ownership/control of hospital Private, not for profit 0.005 0.001 0.005 0.001 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Private, for profit DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Public DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Teaching status Teaching 0.005 0.001 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Nonteaching 0.004 0.001 0.004 0.001 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Location of hospital Large central metropolitan 0.005 0.001 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Large fringe metropolitan DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Medium metropolitan DSU DSU 0.006 0.002 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Small metropolitan DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Micropolitan (nonmetro) DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Noncore (nonmetro) DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Bed size of hospital Less than 100 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
100–299 0.004 0.001 0.004 0.001 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
300–499 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
500 or more 0.007 0.002 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU

a Excludes admissions specifically for transfusion reactions, 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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