Table 10_1_8-1

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_8.1
Accidental puncture or laceration during procedure per 1,000 discharges (excluding obstetric admissions^a), age 18 and over, United States, 2000 and 2005
Population group		2005		2000
Population group		Rate^b	SE	Rate^b	SE
Total		4.54	0.01	4.04	0.01
Age	18–44	4.43	0.03	3.54	0.03
	45–64	5.29	0.02	4.59	0.03
	65 and over	4.11	0.02	4.03	0.02
Age	65–69	5.41	0.05	4.88	0.05
	70–74	4.69	0.04	4.65	0.04
	75–79	4.50	0.04	4.42	0.04
	80–84	4.10	0.04	3.96	0.04
	85 and over	2.18	0.03	2.26	0.03
Gender	Male	3.89	0.02	3.47	0.02
Gender	Female	5.09	0.02	4.59	0.02
Median income of patient's ZIP Code	First quartile (lowest income)	4.43	0.03	4.09	0.03
	Second quartile	4.62	0.03	4.16	0.02
	Third quartile	4.74	0.03	4.17	0.03
	Fourth quartile (highest income)	4.37	0.03	3.75	0.03
Location of patient residence	Large central metropolitan	4.40	0.02	3.58	0.02
	Large fringe metropolitan	4.28	0.03	3.88	0.03
	Medium metropolitan	4.60	0.03	4.60	0.03
	Small metropolitan	5.05	0.04	4.40	0.04
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	4.84	0.04	4.16	0.04
	Noncore (nonmetro)	4.69	0.05	4.50	0.05
Expected payment source	Private insurance	4.44	0.02	3.82	0.02
	Medicare	4.68	0.02	4.51	0.02
	Medicaid	4.92	0.05	3.95	0.05
	Other insurance	4.31	0.07	2.84	0.06
	Uninsured/self-pay/no charge	3.62	0.07	3.34	0.07
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	3.82	0.03	3.72	0.03
	Midwest	5.06	0.03	4.29	0.03
	South	4.10	0.02	3.84	0.02
	West	5.41	0.03	4.50	0.03
Ownership/control of hospital	Private, not for profit	4.56	0.02	4.07	0.01
	Private, for profit	4.05	0.03	3.89	0.04
	Public	4.96	0.04	4.05	0.04
Teaching status of hospital	Teaching	4.83	0.02	3.93	0.02
Teaching status of hospital	Nonteaching	4.38	0.02	4.10	0.02
Location of hospital	Large central metropolitan	4.56	0.02	3.82	0.02
	Large fringe metropolitan	4.20	0.03	3.76	0.03
	Medium metropolitan	4.69	0.03	4.63	0.03
	Small metropolitan	4.78	0.04	4.35	0.04
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	4.77	0.05	3.74	0.05
	Noncore (nonmetro)	3.43	0.10	4.91	0.09
Bed size of hospital	Less than 100	4.73	0.04	4.19	0.04
	100–299	4.34	0.02	3.82	0.02
	300–499	4.60	0.02	4.19	0.02
	500 or more	4.70	0.03	4.14	0.03

^a Also excludes admissions specifically for such problems, such as cases from earlier admissions or from other hospitals.

^b 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.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample and AHRQ Quality Indicators, version 3.1.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 10_1_8-1: 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_8-1.html