Table 9_1_9-2

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_9.2
Low-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		2.4	0.0	2.4	0.0	2.1	0.1	2.8	0.3	1.3	0.1	1.8	0.1
Age^a	0–64	2.5	0.1	2.6	0.1	2.6	0.1	3.9	0.7	1.2	0.3	2.0	0.2
	65–74	2.4	0.1	2.5	0.1	2.0	0.1	3.0	0.7	1.3	0.4	1.8	0.2
	75–84	2.3	0.0	2.4	0.0	1.8	0.1	2.3	0.5	1.3	0.2	1.7	0.2
	85 and over	2.4	0.0	2.4	0.0	2.0	0.1	1.8	0.5	1.4	0.2	1.6	0.2
Gender^a	Male	2.8	0.0	3.0	0.1	2.4	0.1	3.4	0.5	1.6	0.2	2.0	0.1
Gender^a	Female	2.2	0.0	2.2	0.0	1.8	0.1	2.3	0.4	1.2	0.2	1.6	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_9-2: 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_9-2.html