Table 9_1_10-1

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 9_1_10.1
Long-stay nursing home residents whose ability to move about in and around their room got worse, United States, 2004 and 2006^a
Population group		2006		2004
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		15.6	0.0	15.2	0.0
Age^b	0–64	9.5	0.1	8.8	0.1
	65–74	14.2	0.1	13.5	0.1
	75–84	16.7	0.1	16.1	0.1
	85 and over	17.2	0.1	17.0	0.1
Gender^b	Male	14.3	0.1	13.8	0.1
Gender^b	Female	16.2	0.1	15.8	0.1
Race/ethnicity^b	Non-Hispanic, White	16.0	0.0	15.7	0.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	13.6	0.1	12.8	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, AI/AN	12.4	0.5	11.6	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, API	14.4	0.3	13.2	0.4
	Hispanic, all races	13.5	0.2	12.8	0.2

^a Data reflect care for the third quarter of each calendar year.

^b Excludes records with unknown age, gender, and race/ethnicity.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; API: Asian or Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Minimum Data Set.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 9_1_10-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/9_nursinghome_homehealth_hospice/T9_1_10-1.html