Table 9_1_5-2

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_5.2
Long-stay nursing home residents who are more depressed or anxious, 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		14.5	0.0	15.3	0.0	11.1	0.1	13.3	0.4	9.5	0.2	10.9	0.1
Age^a	0–64	13.0	0.1	14.2	0.1	10.8	0.2	13.9	0.9	9.7	0.6	10.4	0.3
	65–74	14.2	0.1	15.3	0.1	11.2	0.2	14.2	1.0	10.7	0.6	10.7	0.3
	75–84	14.7	0.1	15.5	0.1	11.2	0.1	12.8	0.8	9.3	0.4	10.9	0.3
	85 and over	14.8	0.1	15.4	0.1	11.3	0.2	12.8	0.8	9.1	0.4	11.3	0.3
Gender^a	Male	13.5	0.1	14.6	0.1	10.3	0.1	12.2	0.7	9.3	0.4	9.9	0.2
Gender^a	Female	14.9	0.0	15.5	0.0	11.6	0.1	14.1	0.6	9.6	0.3	11.6	0.2

^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_5-2: 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_5-2.html