Table 10_1_6-1

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_6.1
Long-stay nursing home residents who spend most of their time in bed or in a chair, United States, 1999 and 2007^a
		2007		1999
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		4.25	0.02	6.31	0.02
Age^b	0–64	5.99	0.06	8.61	0.08
	65–74	5.28	0.06	7.22	0.07
	75–84	4.25	0.03	6.26	0.04
	85 and over	3.41	0.02	5.65	0.03
Gender^b	Male	4.21	0.03	6.09	0.04
Gender^b	Female	4.26	0.02	6.40	0.02
Race/ethnicity^b	Non-Hispanic, White	3.96	0.02	5.88	0.02
	Non-Hispanic, Black	5.94	0.06	9.31	0.08
	Non-Hispanic, AI/AN	4.83	0.28	6.38	0.30
	Non-Hispanic, API	4.30	0.15	8.28	0.24
	Hispanic, all races	4.28	0.09	6.92	0.14

^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_6-1: 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_6-1.html