Table 10_1_3-1

2009 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 10_1_3.1
Long-stay nursing home residents whose ability to move about in and around their room got worse, United States, 1999 and 2007^a
		2007		1999
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		15.5	0.04	14.8	0.04
Age^b	0–64	9.6	0.08	7.8	0.09
	65–74	14.5	0.10	12.5	0.10
	75–84	16.7	0.07	15.4	0.07
	85 and over	17.0	0.06	16.4	0.06
Gender^b	Male	14.3	0.07	13.5	0.07
Gender^b	Female	16.1	0.05	15.3	0.05
Race/ethnicity^b	Non-Hispanic, White	15.9	0.04	15.1	0.04
	Non-Hispanic, Black	13.6	0.11	12.5	0.11
	Non-Hispanic, AI/AN	14.0	0.52	12.1	0.46
	Non-Hispanic, API	13.6	0.33	13.2	0.39
	Hispanic, all races	13.6	0.19	13.0	0.23

^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 March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 10_1_3-1: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/10_functional_status/T10_1_3-1.html