Table 9_1_3-2

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_3.2
Long-stay nursing home residents who spend most of their time in bed or in a chair, 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		4.3	0.0	4.0	0.0	6.0	0.1	4.5	0.3	4.2	0.2	4.4	0.1
Age^a	0–64	6.0	0.1	5.9	0.1	6.2	0.1	6.1	0.6	6.4	0.5	5.9	0.2
	65–74	5.2	0.1	5.1	0.1	5.8	0.1	4.8	0.6	5.0	0.4	4.6	0.2
	75–84	4.3	0.0	4.0	0.0	6.0	0.1	3.8	0.5	3.6	0.3	3.9	0.2
	85 and over	3.5	0.0	3.3	0.0	6.1	0.1	3.7	0.5	3.5	0.2	3.7	0.2
Gender^a	Male	4.2	0.0	4.0	0.0	5.1	0.1	4.6	0.4	5.0	0.3	4.6	0.2
Gender^a	Female	4.3	0.0	4.0	0.0	6.7	0.1	4.5	0.4	3.8	0.2	4.3	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_3-2: 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_3-2.html