Table 9_1_2-1

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_2.1
Long-stay nursing home residents who were physically restrained, United States, 2004 and 2006^a
Population group		2006		2004
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		6.0	0.0	7.3	0.0
Age^b	0–64	5.5	0.1	6.5	0.1
	65–74	4.8	0.1	5.9	0.1
	75–84	6.2	0.0	7.6	0.0
	85 and over	6.4	0.0	7.6	0.0
Gender^b	Male	5.9	0.0	7.0	0.0
Gender^b	Female	6.1	0.0	7.4	0.0
Race/ethnicity^b	Non-Hispanic, White	6.0	0.0	7.2	0.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	5.4	0.1	6.4	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, AI/AN	6.9	0.3	8.0	0.3
	Non-Hispanic, API	9.1	0.2	10.6	0.2
	Hispanic, all races	8.1	0.1	9.5	0.1

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

^b Excludes records with unknown age, gender, and race/ethnicity.

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_2-1: 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_2-1.html