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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 12_3_8.2a
Failure to rescue, or deaths per 1,000 discharges having developed specified complications of care during hospitalization (excluding patients transferred in or out and patients admitted from long-term care facilities), ages 18–74, by race/ethnicity, United States, 2006
        Non-Hispanic    
    Total White Black API Hispanic, all races
Population group Ratea SE Ratea SE Ratea SE Ratea SE Ratea SE
Total   116.8 0.3 117.1 0.3 111.0 0.6 130.7 1.8 122.1 0.9
Age 18–44 75.9 0.5 73.8 0.7 73.5 1.0 96.3 3.5 82.9 1.4
45–64 117.0 0.4 117.1 0.5 111.0 0.8 135.8 2.8 122.8 1.3
65–74 139.6 0.5 142.3 0.6 128.3 1.2 143.6 3.2 139.4 1.8
Gender Male 123.9 0.4 127.1 0.5 110.4 0.8 141.2 2.6 126.8 1.2
Female 108.9 0.4 111.6 0.5 101.1 0.8 120.2 2.6 105.4 1.3
Median income of patient's ZIP code First quartile (lowest income) 118.7 0.5 120.5 0.7 114.0 0.8 138.6 4.6 121.4 1.3
Second quartile 117.0 0.6 118.1 0.7 108.1 1.3 131.2 3.9 124.4 1.9
Third quartile 115.9 0.6 116.0 0.7 107.0 1.5 127.7 3.5 122.7 2.0
Fourth quartile (highest income) 114.4 0.6 113.9 0.7 106.9 1.9 128.9 3.2 119.7 2.6
Location of patient residence Large central metropolitan 120.8 0.5 124.2 0.7 112.0 0.8 127.6 2.4 125.5 1.2
Large fringe metropolitan 110.8 0.6 112.0 0.7 103.3 1.3 113.2 4.4 118.4 2.4
Medium metropolitan 118.4 0.6 118.0 0.8 114.4 1.6 153.8 4.6 118.6 1.9
Small metropolitan 114.8 1.0 113.0 1.1 114.9 2.6 146.5 13.9 130.8 4.0
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 118.8 0.9 118.6 1.0 120.9 2.8 151.7 8.5 109.1 4.2
Noncore (nonmetro) 113.6 1.1 113.4 1.2 112.4 3.2 115.0 25.7 106.4 5.8
Expected payment source Private insurance 110.0 0.5 109.4 0.6 105.3 1.3 133.1 3.4 114.7 2.0
Medicare 115.7 0.4 117.8 0.5 108.0 0.9 121.2 2.9 115.8 1.4
Medicaid 126.0 0.7 126.2 1.1 119.5 1.3 142.7 4.0 131.2 1.7
Other insurance 114.0 1.6 117.8 2.0 105.1 3.5 142.0 10.8 106.6 4.2
Uninsured/self-pay/no charge 137.5 1.2 139.8 1.6 125.3 2.3 135.6 7.8 144.2 2.9
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 124.5 0.6 124.0 0.8 124.7 1.4 136.7 4.7 123.1 2.0
Midwest 109.0 0.6 112.8 0.7 99.0 1.2 100.8 7.9 96.6 4.8
South 112.2 0.4 113.1 0.5 109.1 0.8 111.2 4.1 111.2 1.4
West 129.3 0.6 125.5 0.8 130.2 2.0 138.9 2.4 135.2 1.4
Ownership/control of hospital Private, not for profit 114.9 0.3 115.9 0.4 107.9 0.7 128.6 2.2 120.1 1.1
Private, for profit 122.3 0.7 119.9 1.0 123.8 1.7 129.1 5.0 125.1 2.0
Public 121.7 0.7 121.9 1.0 115.4 1.5 139.4 4.2 125.2 2.0
Teaching status Teaching 114.8 0.4 116.0 0.6 109.2 0.8 130.8 2.9 116.3 1.4
Nonteaching 118.1 0.3 117.7 0.4 112.8 0.8 130.6 2.4 126.1 1.2
Location of hospital Large central metropolitan 119.8 0.4 120.7 0.6 113.2 0.8 126.3 2.3 124.6 1.2
Large fringe metropolitan 109.6 0.6 111.2 0.7 101.4 1.3 114.4 4.9 121.5 2.6
Medium metropolitan 118.7 0.6 118.9 0.7 112.1 1.5 155.5 4.6 119.4 1.8
Small metropolitan 115.9 0.9 114.7 1.0 116.7 2.4 127.2 14.7 130.4 4.1
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 120.0 1.0 119.5 1.1 124.5 3.0 159.1 8.9 97.6 5.4
Noncore (nonmetro) 105.2 2.0 107.1 2.2 103.3 5.1 DSU DSU 60.0 11.9
Bed size of hospital Less than 100 106.9 1.0 106.2 1.1 105.5 3.1 136.5 8.3 107.7 4.0
100–299 120.7 0.5 120.5 0.6 114.5 1.0 131.3 2.6 129.8 1.5
300–499 116.8 0.5 115.8 0.6 113.0 1.0 128.9 3.7 126.6 1.7
500 or more 114.7 0.5 118.2 0.7 106.2 1.0 129.9 4.1 111.8 1.6

a 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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