Table 9_1_11-2

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_11.2
Long-stay nursing home residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased, by race/ethnicity,^a United States, 2006^b
Population group		Total		Non-Hispanic								Hispanic, all races
		Total		White		Black		AI/AN		API		Hispanic, all races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		16.5	0.0	16.8	0.0	15.3	0.1	14.4	0.5	13.3	0.3	14.6	0.2
Age^a	0–64	11.4	0.1	11.7	0.1	11.1	0.2	11.1	0.9	8.0	0.6	10.1	0.3
	65–74	15.7	0.1	16.0	0.1	15.1	0.2	14.7	1.1	13.4	0.8	14.4	0.4
	75–84	17.4	0.1	17.5	0.1	17.2	0.2	14.3	0.9	13.9	0.5	16.0	0.3
	85 and over	17.6	0.1	17.6	0.1	17.5	0.2	17.0	1.0	14.7	0.5	16.6	0.4
Gender^a	Male	16.2	0.1	16.9	0.1	14.3	0.2	14.4	0.8	12.9	0.5	13.7	0.3
Gender^a	Female	16.6	0.0	16.7	0.1	16.0	0.1	14.3	0.6	13.6	0.4	15.4	0.2

^a Age, gender, and race/ethnicity categories exclude records with missing values.

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

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_11-2: 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_11-2.html