Table 10_1_5-1

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_5.1
Long-stay nursing home residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased, United States, 1999 and 2007^a
		2007		1999
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		15.9	0.03	15.8	0.03
Age^b	0–64	11.1	0.08	9.7	0.09
	65–74	15.5	0.10	14.2	0.09
	75–84	16.9	0.07	16.4	0.06
	85 and over	16.9	0.05	17.0	0.05
Gender^b	Male	15.7	0.06	15.6	0.07
Gender^b	Female	16.1	0.04	15.9	0.04
Race/ethnicity^b	Non-Hispanic, White	16.2	0.04	16.2	0.04
	Non-Hispanic, Black	14.9	0.10	13.9	0.10
	Non-Hispanic, AI/AN	14.3	0.48	13.9	0.43
	Non-Hispanic, API	13.0	0.27	13.0	0.33
	Hispanic, all races	14.1	0.17	14.4	0.21

^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_5-1: 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_5-1.html