Table 10_2_3-1

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_3.1
Discharges with central venous catheter placement with associated 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	126	4.10	0.36	2,576	48	1.86	0.27
Age	Under 65	690	28	4.06	0.75	524	13	2.48	0.68
	65–74	1,023	39	3.81	0.60	905	12	1.33	0.38
	75–84	1,010	41	4.06	0.62	847	18	2.13	0.50
	85 and over	347	18	5.19	1.19	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	1,461	61	4.18	0.52	1,205	22	1.83	0.39
Gender	Female	1,609	65	4.04	0.49	1,371	26	1.90	0.37
Race	White	2,457	105	4.27	0.41	2,068	38	1.84	0.30
	Black	417	13	3.12	0.85	*	*	*	*
	Other	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Diabetes	Yes	1,332	61	4.58	0.57	1,052	26	2.47	0.48
Diabetes	No	1,738	65	3.74	0.46	1,524	22	1.44	0.31
Obesity	Yes	601	34	5.66	0.94	*	*	*	*
Obesity	No	2,469	92	3.73	0.38	2,117	41	1.94	0.30
Cerebrovascular disease	Yes	736	28	3.80	0.71	627	11	1.75	0.52
Cerebrovascular disease	No	2,334	98	4.20	0.42	1,949	37	1.90	0.31
CHF/pulmonary edema	Yes	1,127	47	4.17	0.60	978	21	2.15	0.46
CHF/pulmonary edema	No	1,943	79	4.07	0.45	1,598	27	1.69	0.32
COPD	Yes	1,093	57	5.22	0.67	847	13	1.53	0.42
COPD	No	1,977	69	3.49	0.41	1,729	35	2.02	0.34
Smoking	Yes	535	21	3.93	0.84	*	*	*	*
Smoking	No	2,535	105	4.14	0.40	2,113	38	1.80	0.29
Cancer	Yes	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	775	16	2.06	0.51
Cancer	No	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	1,801	32	1.78	0.31
Corticosteroids	Yes	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Corticosteroids	No	2,789	117	4.20	0.38	2,306	43	1.86	0.28
Coronary artery disease	Yes	1,529	58	3.79	0.49	1,376	24	1.74	0.35
Coronary artery disease	No	1,541	68	4.41	0.52	1,200	24	2.00	0.40
Renal disease	Yes	1,429	66	4.62	0.56	974	29	2.98	0.54
Renal disease	No	1,641	60	3.66	0.46	1,602	19	1.19	0.27

^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_3-1: 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_3-1.html