Table 10_2_1-1

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_2_1.1
Discharges with central venous catheter placement with associated bloodstream infections or mechanical adverse events, United States, 2004 and 2006^a
Population group		2006				2004
Population group		Exposed	Adverse events	Percent	SE	Exposed	Adverse events	Percent	SE
Total		3,070	177	5.77	0.42	2576	76	2.95	0.33
Age	Under 65	690	37	5.36	0.86	524	18	3.44	0.80
	65–74	1,023	55	5.38	0.71	905	22	2.43	0.51
	75–84	1,010	61	6.04	0.75	847	30	3.54	0.64
	85 and over	347	24	6.92	1.36	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	1,461	93	5.75	0.61	1205	35	2.90	0.48
Gender	Female	1,609	84	5.78	0.58	1371	41	2.99	0.46
Race	White	2,457	144	5.86	0.47	2068	57	2.76	0.36
	Black	417	21	5.04	1.07	368	14	3.80	1.00
	Other	196	12	6.12	1.71	*	*	*	*
Diabetes	Yes	1,332	84	6.31	0.67	1052	39	3.71	0.58
Diabetes	No	1,738	93	5.35	0.54	1524	37	2.43	0.39
Obesity	Yes	601	43	7.15	1.05	459	12	2.61	0.74
Obesity	No	2,469	134	5.43	0.46	2117	64	3.02	0.37
Cerebrovascular disease	Yes	736	41	5.57	0.85	627	19	3.03	0.68
Cerebrovascular disease	No	2,334	136	5.83	0.48	1949	57	2.92	0.38
CHF/pulmonary edema	Yes	1,127	72	6.39	0.73	978	36	3.68	0.60
CHF/pulmonary edema	No	1,943	105	5.40	0.51	1598	40	2.50	0.39
COPD	Yes	1,093	78	7.14	0.78	847	23	2.72	0.56
COPD	No	1,977	99	5.01	0.49	1729	53	3.07	0.41
Smoking	Yes	535	27	5.05	0.95	463	19	4.10	0.92
Smoking	No	2,535	150	5.92	0.47	2113	57	2.70	0.35
Cancer	Yes	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	775	24	3.10	0.62
Cancer	No	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	1801	52	2.89	0.39
Corticosteroids	Yes	281	16	5.69	1.38	*	*	*	*
Corticosteroids	No	2,789	161	5.77	0.44	2306	70	3.04	0.36
Coronary artery disease	Yes	1,529	87	5.69	0.59	1376	41	2.98	0.46
Coronary artery disease	No	1,541	90	5.84	0.60	1200	35	2.92	0.49
Renal disease	Yes	1,429	93	6.51	0.65	974	41	4.21	0.64
Renal disease	No	1,641	84	5.12	0.54	1602	35	2.18	0.37

^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_2_1-1: 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_2_1-1.html