Table 11_1_17-1

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_17.1
Long-stay nursing home residents who were physically restrained, United States, 1999 and 2007^a
		2007		1999
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		4.99	0.02	10.72	0.03
Age^b	0–64	4.68	0.05	12.55	0.09
	65–74	4.09	0.05	9.41	0.07
	75–84	5.12	0.04	10.81	0.05
	85 and over	5.27	0.03	10.63	0.04
Gender^b	Male	4.84	0.04	10.64	0.05
Gender^b	Female	5.06	0.02	10.76	0.03
Race/ethnicity^b	Non-Hispanic, White	4.95	0.02	10.61	0.03
	Non-Hispanic, Black	4.46	0.05	10.08	0.08
	Non-Hispanic, AI/AN	5.97	0.31	10.20	0.37
	Non-Hispanic, API	6.80	0.18	15.65	0.32
	Hispanic, all races	6.95	0.11	15.42	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_17-1: 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_17-1.html