Table 10_1_19-1

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_19.1
Adverse events in patients receiving hip joint replacement due to fracture, United States, 2004 and 2006^a
Population group		2006				2004
Population group		Exposed	Adverse events	Percent	SE	Exposed	Adverse events	Percent	SE
Total		194	12	6.19	1.73	170	19	11.18	2.42
Age	Under 65	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	65–74	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	75 and over	162	11	6.79	1.98	149	16	10.74	2.54
Gender	Male	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Female	*	*	*	*	125	14	11.20	2.82
Race	White	176	11	6.25	1.82	158	18	11.39	2.53
Race	Other	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Diabetes	Yes	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Diabetes	No	*	*	*	*	133	17	12.78	2.90
Obesity	Yes	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Obesity	No	185	12	6.49	1.81	166	19	11.45	2.47
Cerebrovascular disease	Yes	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Cerebrovascular disease	No	*	*	*	*	123	11	8.94	2.57
CHF/pulmonary edema	Yes	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CHF/pulmonary edema	No	*	*	*	*	122	14	11.48	2.89
COPD	Yes	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
COPD	No	*	*	*	*	138	13	9.42	2.49
Smoking	Yes	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Smoking	No	*	*	*	*	158	18	11.39	2.53
Cancer	Yes	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	39	9	23.08	6.75
Cancer	No	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	*	*	*	*
Corticosteroids	Yes	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Corticosteroids	No	183	11	6.01	1.76	157	17	10.83	2.48
Coronary artery disease	Yes	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Coronary artery disease	No	*	*	*	*	107	13	12.15	3.16
Renal disease	Yes	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Renal disease	No	*	*	*	*	137	17	12.41	2.82

^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_19-1: 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_19-1.html