Table 10_4_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_4_3.1
Obstetric trauma with 3rd or 4th degree lacerations per 1,000 instrument-assisted vaginal deliveries, United States, 2000 and 2005
Population group		2005		2000
Population group		Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE
Total		168.0	0.7	204.0	0.6
Age	10–14	140.0	16.2	250.2	12.9
	15–17	142.9	3.1	177.1	2.6
	18–24	139.0	1.2	167.8	1.1
	25–34	201.2	1.2	239.2	1.0
	35–54	137.5	1.9	176.8	1.6
Median income of patient's ZIP Code	First quartile (lowest income)	143.0	1.5	175.0	1.4
	Second quartile	162.2	1.5	193.3	1.3
	Third quartile	177.8	1.5	212.1	1.3
	Fourth quartile (highest income)	189.8	1.5	227.5	1.2
Location of patient residence	Large central metropolitan	174.7	1.3	198.3	1.1
	Large fringe metropolitan	177.8	1.6	218.7	1.2
	Medium metropolitan	166.8	1.7	216.6	1.7
	Small metropolitan	156.6	2.5	198.8	2.1
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	151.4	2.3	174.2	2.2
	Noncore (nonmetro)	148.6	3.0	191.2	2.7
Expected payment source	Private insurance	187.9	1.0	222.8	0.8
	Medicare	145.3	9.3	110.0	10.0
	Medicaid	137.8	1.2	166.6	1.2
	Other insurance	183.0	4.8	190.3	4.5
	Uninsured/self-pay/no charge	172.7	4.3	185.9	3.3
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	175.2	2.0	217.3	1.7
	Midwest	184.3	1.5	221.7	1.3
	South	157.4	1.2	204.9	1.1
	West	163.9	1.5	176.6	1.3
Ownership/control of hospital	Private, not for profit	170.2	0.9	213.3	0.8
	Private, for profit	139.4	1.9	160.7	1.8
	Public	193.2	2.2	196.1	1.9
Teaching status of hospital	Teaching	193.8	1.4	239.4	1.2
Teaching status of hospital	Nonteaching	156.9	0.9	187.9	0.8
Location of hospital	Large central metropolitan	176.6	1.2	202.1	1.1
	Large fringe metropolitan	174.5	1.8	215.2	1.3
	Medium metropolitan	165.0	1.6	218.6	1.6
	Small metropolitan	158.0	2.4	203.8	1.9
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	146.9	2.3	162.4	2.2
	Noncore (nonmetro)	151.9	4.4	184.8	3.6
Bed size of hospital	Less than 100	145.1	2.0	170.7	1.9
	100–299	164.3	1.2	189.5	1.0
	300–499	176.9	1.5	214.6	1.3
	500 or more	182.0	1.8	238.3	1.4

^a Rates are adjusted by age. When reporting is by age, there is no adjustment.

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_4_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_4_3-1.html