Table 9_1_14-2

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_14.2
Short-stay nursing home residents with delirium, 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		2.9	0.0	3.0	0.0	2.6	0.1	3.3	0.3	2.1	0.1	1.8	0.1
Age^a	0–64	2.5	0.1	2.6	0.1	2.5	0.2	2.1	0.8	2.3	0.7	2.0	0.3
	65–74	2.6	0.1	2.7	0.1	2.5	0.1	2.4	0.7	1.9	0.4	1.6	0.2
	75–84	3.1	0.0	3.2	0.0	3.0	0.1	2.7	0.6	2.1	0.3	1.9	0.1
	85 and over	3.5	0.0	3.6	0.0	3.0	0.1	4.9	0.9	2.2	0.3	1.8	0.2
Gender^a	Male	3.1	0.0	3.2	0.0	2.7	0.1	3.4	0.4	2.3	0.2	1.8	0.1
Gender^a	Female	2.8	0.0	2.9	0.0	2.6	0.1	3.1	0.4	1.9	0.2	1.8	0.1

^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_14-2: 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_14-2.html