Table 11_1_1-1

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 11_1_1.1
Long-stay nursing home residents who have moderate to severe pain, United States, 1999 and 2007^a
		2007		1999
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		7.16	0.02	11.44	0.03
Age^b	0–64	10.94	0.08	11.32	0.09
	65–74	9.15	0.07	12.25	0.08
	75–84	7.05	0.04	11.79	0.05
	85 and over	5.50	0.03	11.01	0.04
Gender^b	Male	6.66	0.04	9.11	0.05
Gender^b	Female	7.37	0.03	12.29	0.03
Race/ethnicity^b	Non-Hispanic, White	7.48	0.03	12.10	0.03
	Non-Hispanic, Black	6.02	0.06	7.65	0.07
	Non-Hispanic, AI/AN	9.53	0.38	11.94	0.40
	Non-Hispanic, API	3.59	0.14	6.32	0.21
	Hispanic, all races	5.84	0.10	8.05	0.15

^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 11_1_1-1: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/11_supportive_palliative_care/T11_1_1-1.html