Table 9_1_8-1

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_8.1
High-risk long-stay nursing home residents who have pressure sores, United States, 2004 and 2006^a
Population group		2006		2004
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		12.5	0.04	13.5	0.04
Age^b	0–64	15.0	0.12	16.1	0.13
	65–74	14.7	0.12	15.2	0.13
	75–84	12.9	0.07	13.8	0.07
	85 and over	11.1	0.05	12.2	0.06
Gender^b	Male	15.4	0.08	16.6	0.09
Gender^b	Female	11.5	0.04	12.4	0.05
Race/ethnicity^b	Non-Hispanic, White	11.9	0.04	12.9	0.04
	Non-Hispanic, Black	16.3	0.12	16.8	0.12
	Non-Hispanic, AI/AN	14.4	0.62	15.5	0.63
	Non-Hispanic, API	11.3	0.30	11.2	0.32
	Hispanic, all races	13.5	0.20	14.6	0.22

^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_8-1: 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_8-1.html