Table 9_1_17-2

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_17.2
Short-stay nursing home residents given influenza vaccination during the flu season, 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		74.9	0.1	76.3	0.1	65.5	0.2	73.8	0.8	71.8	0.5	69.6	0.3
Age^a	0–64	66.2	0.2	68.5	0.2	58.9	0.4	68.4	2.0	65.4	1.8	64.4	0.8
	65–74	71.9	0.1	73.6	0.1	63.9	0.3	72.0	1.6	67.6	1.1	68.1	0.6
	75–84	75.1	0.1	76.2	0.1	66.7	0.3	75.4	1.3	72.2	0.7	70.1	0.5
	85 and over	78.1	0.1	78.9	0.1	70.2	0.3	77.3	1.6	75.2	0.8	72.8	0.5
Gender^a	Male	72.8	0.1	74.3	0.1	63.9	0.3	72.8	1.2	69.4	0.7	68.5	0.4
Gender^a	Female	76.0	0.1	77.3	0.1	66.6	0.2	74.4	1.0	73.4	0.6	70.4	0.4

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

^b Data reflect care for the flu season (October - March) each 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_17-2: 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_17-2.html