Table 10_3_6-1

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_3_6.1
Hospital patients with adverse drug events with hypoglycemic agents, including insulin, oral hypoglycemic, or combination of both, United States, 2004 and 2006^a
Population group		2006				2004
Population group		Exposed	Adverse events	Percent	SE	Exposed	Adverse events	Percent	SE
Total		8,279	1,025	12.4	0.4	7,065	758	10.7	0.4
Age	Under 65	1,583	226	14.3	0.9	1,313	164	12.5	0.9
	65–74	2,800	320	11.4	0.6	2,399	243	10.1	0.6
	75–84	2,848	354	12.4	0.6	2,486	265	10.7	0.6
	85 and over	1,048	125	11.9	1.0	867	86	9.9	1.0
Gender	Male	3,806	455	12.0	0.5	3,222	353	11.0	0.6
Gender	Female	4,473	570	12.7	0.5	3,843	405	10.5	0.5
Race	White	6,561	760	11.6	0.4	5,641	570	10.1	0.4
	Black	1,102	182	16.5	1.1	955	147	15.4	1.2
	Other	616	83	13.5	1.4	469	41	8.7	1.3
Diabetes	Yes	7,017	948	13.5	0.4	6,155	720	11.7	0.4
Diabetes	No	1,262	77	6.1	0.7	910	38	4.2	0.7
Obesity	Yes	1,793	227	12.7	0.8	1,348	142	10.5	0.8
Obesity	No	6,486	798	12.3	0.4	5,717	616	10.8	0.4
Cerebrovascular disease	Yes	2,144	307	14.3	0.8	1,972	233	11.8	0.7
Cerebrovascular disease	No	6,135	718	11.7	0.4	5,093	525	10.3	0.4
CHF/pulmonary edema	Yes	3,341	523	15.7	0.6	2,833	380	13.4	0.6
CHF/pulmonary edema	No	4,938	502	10.2	0.4	4,232	378	8.9	0.4
COPD	Yes	2,875	377	13.1	0.6	2,350	250	10.6	0.6
COPD	No	5,404	648	12.0	0.4	4,715	508	10.8	0.5
Smoking	Yes	1,269	184	14.5	1.0	1,037	124	12.0	1.0
Smoking	No	7,010	841	12.0	0.4	6,028	634	10.5	0.4
Cancer	Yes	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	1,628	168	10.3	0.8
Cancer	No	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	5,437	590	10.9	0.4
Corticosteroids	Yes	788	113	14.3	1.3	662	82	12.4	1.3
Corticosteroids	No	7,491	912	12.2	0.4	6,403	676	10.6	0.4
Coronary artery disease	Yes	4,371	589	13.5	0.5	3,908	448	11.5	0.5
Coronary artery disease	No	3,908	436	11.2	0.5	3,157	310	9.8	0.5
Renal disease	Yes	3,314	583	17.6	0.7	2,403	383	15.9	0.7
Renal disease	No	4,965	442	8.9	0.4	4,662	375	8.0	0.4

^a Data include Medicare beneficiaries discharged from January to December.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

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_3_6-1: 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_3_6-1.html