Table 10_2_7-1

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_7.1
Transfusion reactions per 1,000 discharges,^a age 18 and over or obstetric admissions, United States, 2000 and 2005
Population group		2005		2000
Population group		Rate^b	SE	Rate^b	SE
Total		0.005	0.001	0.004	0.001
Age	18–44	*	*	*	*
	45–64	*	*	*	*
	65 and over	0.005	0.001	0.005	0.001
Gender	Male	0.007	0.002	*	*
Gender	Female	0.003	0.001	0.004	0.001
Median income of patient's ZIP Code	First quartile (lowest income)	*	*	0.007	0.002
	Second quartile	*	*	*	*
	Third quartile	*	*	*	*
	Fourth quartile (highest income)	*	*	*	*
Location of patient residence	Large central metropolitan	*	*	*	*
	Large fringe metropolitan	*	*	*	*
	Medium metropolitan	*	*	*	*
	Small metropolitan	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	*	*	*	*
	Noncore (nonmetro)	*	*	*	*
Expected payment source	Private insurance	*	*	*	*
	Medicare	0.006	0.001	0.006	0.001
	Medicaid	*	*	*	*
	Other insurance	*	*	*	*
	Uninsured/self-pay/no charge	*	*	*	*
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	*	*	*	*
	Midwest	*	*	*	*
	South	0.005	0.001	*	*
	West	*	*	*	*
Ownership/control of hospital	Private, not for profit	0.005	0.001	0.005	0.001
	Private, for profit	*	*	*	*
	Public	*	*	*	*
Teaching status of hospital	Teaching	*	*	*	*
Teaching status of hospital	Nonteaching	0.004	0.001	0.004	0.001
Location of hospital	Large central metropolitan	*	*	*	*
	Large fringe metropolitan	*	*	*	*
	Medium metropolitan	*	*	*	*
	Small metropolitan	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	*	*	*	*
	Noncore (nonmetro)	*	*	*	*
Bed size of hospital	Less than 100	*	*	*	*
	100–299	*	*	0.005	0.002
	300–499	*	*	*	*
	500 or more	*	*	*	*

^a Excludes admissions specifically for transfusion reactions, such as cases from earlier admissions or from other hospitals.

^b No risk adjustment is performed because outcome of interest is relatively rare.

* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

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_2_7-1: 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_7-1.html