Table 10_1_9-2

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_9.2
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma with surgical drainage or evacuation, not verifiable as following surgery^a, (excluding obstetric admissions), per 100,000 population, age 18 and over, United States, 2000 and 2005
Population group		2005		2000
Population group		Rate^b	SE	Rate^b	SE
Total		16.1	0.6	16.1	0.6
Age	18–44	8.1	0.3	7.2	0.3
	45–64	17.6	0.7	16.8	0.8
	65 and over	40.9	1.6	45.1	1.8
Age	65–69	32.2	1.7	33.3	1.9
	70–74	40.0	2.0	43.8	2.2
	75–79	47.3	2.6	53.9	3.0
	80–84	53.8	2.9	57.9	3.2
	85 and over	38.4	2.6	49.5	3.3
Gender	Male	17.5	0.7	18.3	0.8
Gender	Female	15.4	0.5	14.8	0.5
Median income of patient's ZIP Code	First quartile (lowest income)	16.9	0.9	18.4	1.0
	Second quartile	15.3	0.7	17.4	0.9
	Third quartile	16.1	0.8	15.8	0.8
	Fourth quartile (highest income)	16.7	1.1	13.9	1.0
Location of patient residence	Large central metropolitan	16.8	1.3	16.5	1.3
	Large fringe metropolitan	16.5	1.4	18.0	1.5
	Medium metropolitan	16.6	1.7	14.3	1.7
	Small metropolitan	13.9	1.6	16.5	1.7
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	15.5	1.0	14.9	1.2
	Noncore (nonmetro)	15.9	1.4	15.1	1.3
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	15.6	1.0	16.3	1.2
	Midwest	16.2	1.2	15.5	1.1
	South	16.3	1.0	16.9	1.2
	West	16.2	1.2	15.1	1.0

^a Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma is not verifiable as following surgery because information on day of procedure is not available for all discharges. Also includes admissions specifically for such problems, such as cases from earlier admissions or from other hospitals.

^b Rates are adjusted by age and gender using the total U.S. population for 2000 as the standard population; when reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender only; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age only.

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_9-2: 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_9-2.html