Table 3_1_4-1

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 3_1_4.1
Adult hemodialysis patients with hemoglobin 11 g/dL or greater,^a United States, 2002 and 2006
Population group		2006			2002
Population group		Number	Percent	SE	Number	Percent	SE
Total		8,740	84	0.4	8,487	79	0.4
Age	18–44	1,258	81	1.1	1,353	76	1.2
	45–64	3,490	83	0.6	3,306	78	0.7
	65 and over	3,991	85	0.6	3,828	80	0.6
Gender	Male	4,911	84	0.5	4,605	80	0.6
Gender	Female	3,829	83	0.6	3,882	77	0.7
Race	White only	4,960	84	0.5	4,632	79	0.6
	Black only	3,185	83	0.7	3,058	77	0.8
	Asian only	312	87	1.9	217	81	2.7
	AI/AN only	149	87	2.8	161	78	3.3
	Multiple races	DNA	DNA	DNA	243	80	2.6
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	7,475	83	0.4	7,251	78	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	3,855	83	0.6	3,709	78	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, Black	3,068	83	0.7	2,988	77	0.8
	Hispanic, all races	1,253	85	1.0	1,140	83	1.1

^a Standard error was calculated based on sample size, assuming random sample design.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, End-Stage Renal Disease Clinical Performance Measures Project.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 3_1_4-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/3_endstagerenaldisease/T3_1_4-1.html