Table 10_2_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_2_2.1
Discharges with central venous catheter placement with associated bloodstream infections, United States, 2004 and 2006^a
Population group		2006				2004
Population group		Exposed	Adverse events	Percent	SE	Exposed	Adverse events	Percent	SE
Total		1,821	51	2.80	0.39	1,684	28	1.66	0.31
Age	Under 65	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	65–74	645	16	2.48	0.61	*	*	*	*
	75–84	619	20	3.23	0.71	570	12	2.11	0.60
	85 and over	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	905	23	2.54	0.52	805	13	1.61	0.44
Gender	Female	916	28	3.06	0.57	879	15	1.71	0.44
Race	White	1,470	39	2.65	0.42	1,376	19	1.38	0.31
	Black	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Other	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Diabetes	Yes	752	23	3.06	0.63	652	13.00	1.99	0.55
Diabetes	No	1,069	28	2.62	0.49	1,032	15	1.45	0.37
Obesity	Yes	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Obesity	No	1,485	42	2.83	0.43	1,385	23	1.66	0.34
Cerebrovascular disease	Yes	430	13	3.02	0.83	*	*	*	*
Cerebrovascular disease	No	1,391	38	2.73	0.44	1,277	20	1.57	0.35
CHF/pulmonary edema	Yes	625	25	4.00	0.78	616	15	2.44	0.62
CHF/pulmonary edema	No	1,196	26	2.17	0.42	1,068	13	1.22	0.34
COPD	Yes	583	21	3.60	0.77	*	*	*	*
COPD	No	1,238	30	2.42	0.44	1,146	18	1.57	0.37
Smoking	Yes	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Smoking	No	1,503	45	2.99	0.44	1,362	19	1.40	0.32
Cancer	Yes	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	*	*	*	*
Cancer	No	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	1,145	20	1.75	0.39
Corticosteroids	Yes	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Corticosteroids	No	1,679	44	2.62	0.39	1,546	27	1.75	0.33
Coronary artery disease	Yes	1,007	29	2.88	0.53	954	17.00	1.78	0.43
Coronary artery disease	No	814	22	2.70	0.57	730	11	1.51	0.45
Renal disease	Yes	767	27	3.52	0.67	569	12	2.11	0.60
Renal disease	No	1,054	24	2.28	0.46	1,115	16	1.44	0.36

^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_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_2_2-1.html