Table 11_1_13-1

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_13.1
Long-stay nursing home residents who were assessed and given pneumococcal vaccination, United States, 2006 and 2007^a
		2007		2006
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		79.7	0.03	72.0	0.04
Age^b	0–64	66.1	0.10	57.6	0.10
	65–74	76.6	0.09	67.9	0.10
	75–84	80.8	0.06	72.9	0.06
	85 and over	84.8	0.05	77.8	0.05
Gender^b	Male	75.7	0.06	67.8	0.07
Gender^b	Female	81.6	0.04	73.9	0.04
Race/ethnicity^b	Non-Hispanic, White	81.8	0.03	74.5	0.04
	Non-Hispanic, Black	70.0	0.11	59.0	0.11
	Non-Hispanic, AI/AN	78.5	0.47	70.4	0.51
	Non-Hispanic, API	75.8	0.28	69.7	0.30
	Hispanic, all races	72.8	0.18	64.5	0.19

^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_13-1: 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_13-1.html