Table 9_1_18-2

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_18.2
Long-stay nursing home residents who were assessed and given pneumococcal vaccination, 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		72.0	0.0	74.5	0.0	59.0	0.1	70.4	0.5	69.7	0.3	64.5	0.2
Age^a	0–64	57.6	0.1	60.1	0.1	50.0	0.2	65.6	1.0	58.2	0.8	59.2	0.4
	65–74	67.9	0.1	70.4	0.1	59.2	0.3	68.9	1.2	65.6	0.8	64.0	0.5
	75–84	72.9	0.1	74.9	0.1	62.0	0.2	73.4	1.0	70.5	0.5	65.7	0.3
	85 and over	77.8	0.1	79.3	0.1	65.3	0.2	73.9	1.0	76.1	0.5	68.5	0.4
Gender^a	Male	67.8	0.1	70.6	0.1	56.3	0.2	68.2	0.8	67.0	0.5	63.3	0.3
Gender^a	Female	73.9	0.0	76.1	0.1	60.8	0.1	72.2	0.7	71.4	0.4	65.5	0.3

^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_18-2: 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_18-2.html