Table 9_1_6-1

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_6.1
Low-risk long-stay nursing home residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder, United States, 2004 and 2006^a
Population group		2006		2004
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		48.5	0.1	47.2	0.1
Age^b	0–64	33.2	0.1	31.9	0.1
	65–74	44.0	0.2	42.8	0.2
	75–84	50.9	0.1	49.5	0.1
	85 and over	52.6	0.1	51.1	0.1
Gender^b	Male	44.5	0.1	43.7	0.1
Gender^b	Female	50.2	0.1	48.7	0.1
Race/ethnicity^b	Non-Hispanic, White	48.7	0.1	47.4	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	48.3	0.2	46.7	0.2
	Non-Hispanic, AI/AN	42.9	0.8	43.4	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, API	49.1	0.5	48.3	0.5
	Hispanic, all races	45.2	0.3	44.0	0.3

^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_6-1: 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_6-1.html