Table 9_1_12-2

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_12.2
Long-stay nursing home residents who lose too much weight, 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		9.0	0.0	9.1	0.0	8.9	0.1	9.3	0.5	8.3	0.3	7.8	0.1
Age^a	0–64	7.7	0.1	7.7	0.1	7.9	0.2	7.6	0.8	5.5	0.5	7.2	0.3
	65–74	8.9	0.1	8.9	0.1	9.2	0.2	8.8	1.0	8.8	0.7	8.0	0.3
	75–84	9.2	0.1	9.3	0.1	9.2	0.2	10.1	0.9	8.7	0.5	7.7	0.3
	85 and over	9.2	0.1	9.3	0.1	9.3	0.2	10.5	0.9	9.1	0.4	8.1	0.3
Gender^a	Male	9.1	0.1	9.3	0.1	8.8	0.1	8.4	0.7	8.1	0.4	7.6	0.2
Gender^a	Female	8.9	0.0	9.0	0.0	9.0	0.1	10.0	0.6	8.4	0.3	7.8	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_12-2: 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_12-2.html