Table 9_1_8-2

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_8.2
High-risk long-stay nursing home residents who have pressure sores, 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		12.5	0.0	11.9	0.0	16.3	0.1	14.4	0.6	11.3	0.3	13.5	0.2
Age^a	0–64	15.0	0.1	14.5	0.2	17.1	0.3	18.7	1.4	10.6	0.8	13.7	0.5
	65–74	14.7	0.1	14.1	0.1	16.6	0.3	15.9	1.5	12.1	0.8	15.0	0.5
	75–84	12.9	0.1	12.2	0.1	16.7	0.2	12.3	1.1	11.6	0.5	13.9	0.4
	85 and over	11.1	0.1	10.6	0.1	15.3	0.2	12.2	1.0	11.0	0.5	12.1	0.4
Gender^a	Male	15.4	0.1	15.1	0.1	17.4	0.2	17.8	1.1	12.3	0.5	14.8	0.3
Gender^a	Female	11.5	0.0	10.8	0.1	15.8	0.1	12.2	0.7	10.7	0.4	12.7	0.3

^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_8-2: 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_8-2.html