Table 11_1_14-1

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_14.1
Short-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		73.0	0.05	64.4	0.05
Age^b	0–64	60.4	0.18	51.3	0.19
	65–74	70.3	0.11	61.2	0.12
	75–84	74.2	0.07	65.4	0.08
	85 and over	76.1	0.07	67.8	0.08
Gender^b	Male	70.4	0.08	61.8	0.09
Gender^b	Female	74.4	0.06	65.7	0.06
Race/ethnicity^b	Non-Hispanic, White	74.9	0.05	66.5	0.05
	Non-Hispanic, Black	60.7	0.17	49.4	0.17
	Non-Hispanic, AI/AN	69.2	0.82	60.3	0.87
	Non-Hispanic, API	66.6	0.46	58.3	0.50
	Hispanic, all races	65.3	0.28	56.2	0.30

^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_14-1: 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_14-1.html