Table 10_1_2-1

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_2.1
Surgical discharges with postoperative pneumonia events, United States, 2004 and 2006^a
Population group		2006				2004
Population group		Exposed	Adverse events	Percent	SE	Exposed	Adverse events	Percent	SE
Total		5,470	110	2.01	0.19	5,542	110	1.98	0.19
Age	Under 65	829	18	2.17	0.51	783	14	1.79	0.47
	65–74	2,213	33	1.49	0.26	2,258	32	1.42	0.25
	75–84	1,874	42	2.24	0.34	1,932	52	2.69	0.37
	85 and over	554	17	3.07	0.73	569	12	2.11	0.60
Gender	Male	2,419	56	2.32	0.31	2,446	60	2.45	0.31
Gender	Female	3,051	54	1.77	0.24	3,096	50	1.62	0.23
Race	White	4,793	100	2.09	0.21	4,922	97	1.97	0.20
	Black	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Other	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Diabetes	Yes	1,547	39	2.52	0.40	1,445	41	2.84	0.44
Diabetes	No	3,923	71	1.81	0.21	4,097	69	1.68	0.20
Obesity	Yes	776	17	2.19	0.53	649	15	2.31	0.59
Obesity	No	4,694	93	1.98	0.20	4,893	95	1.94	0.20
Cerebrovascular disease	Yes	907	30	3.31	0.59	970	33	3.40	0.58
Cerebrovascular disease	No	4,563	80	1.75	0.19	4,572	77	1.68	0.19
CHF/pulmonary edema	Yes	850	38	4.47	0.71	863	47	5.45	0.77
CHF/pulmonary edema	No	4,620	72	1.56	0.18	4,679	63	1.35	0.17
COPD	Yes	1,188	49	4.12	0.58	1,220	50	4.10	0.57
COPD	No	4,282	61	1.42	0.18	4,322	60	1.39	0.18
Smoking	Yes	832	30	3.61	0.65	815	27	3.31	0.63
Smoking	No	4,638	80	1.72	0.19	4,727	83	1.76	0.19
Cancer	Yes	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	1,556	49	3.15	0.44
Cancer	No	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	3,986	61	1.53	0.19
Corticosteroids	Yes	239	11	4.60	1.36	*	*	*	*
Corticosteroids	No	5,231	99	1.89	0.19	5,309	104	1.96	0.19
Coronary artery disease	Yes	1,937	46	2.37	0.35	2,034	63	3.10	0.38
Coronary artery disease	No	3,533	64	1.81	0.22	3,508	47	1.34	0.19
Renal disease	Yes	1,045	47	4.50	0.64	862	39	4.52	0.71
Renal disease	No	4,425	63	1.42	0.18	4,680	71	1.52	0.18

^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_2-1: 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_2-1.html