Table 10_1_18-1

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 10_1_18.1
Adverse events in patients receiving hip joint replacement due to degenerative conditions, United States, 2004 and 2006^a
Population group		2006				2004
Population group		Exposed	Adverse events	Percent	SE	Exposed	Adverse events	Percent	SE
Total		*	*	*	*	306	15	4.90	1.23
Age	Under 65	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	65–74	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	75 and over	*	*	*	*	157	14	8.92	2.27
Gender	Male	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Female	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Race	White	*	*	*	*	286	15	5.24	1.32
Race	Other	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Diabetes	Yes	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Diabetes	No	*	*	*	*	261	12	4.60	1.30
Obesity	Yes	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Obesity	No	*	*	*	*	275	14	5.09	1.33
Cerebrovascular disease	Yes	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Cerebrovascular disease	No	*	*	*	*	276	14	5.07	1.32
CHF/pulmonary edema	Yes	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CHF/pulmonary edema	No	*	*	*	*	283	14	4.95	1.29
COPD	Yes	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
COPD	No	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Smoking	Yes	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Smoking	No	*	*	*	*	280	13	4.64	1.26
Cancer	No	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	253	12	4.74	1.34
Cancer	Yes	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	*	*	*	*
Corticosteroids	Yes	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Corticosteroids	No	*	*	*	*	296	14	4.73	1.23
Coronary artery disease	Yes	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Coronary artery disease	No	*	*	*	*	239	11	4.60	1.36
Renal disease	Yes	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Renal disease	No	*	*	*	*	292	13	4.45	1.21

^a Data include Medicare beneficiaries discharged from January to December.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

* - 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.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 10_1_18-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/10_patientsafety/T10_1_18-1.html