Table 11_1_18-1

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_18.1
High-risk long-stay nursing home residents who have pressure sores, United States, 1999 and 2007^a
		2007		1999
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		12.0	0.04	14.3	0.04
Age^b	0–64	14.9	0.12	15.6	0.14
	65–74	13.8	0.12	15.7	0.13
	75–84	12.4	0.07	14.9	0.08
	85 and over	10.5	0.05	13.4	0.06
Gender^b	Male	14.8	0.08	17.3	0.09
Gender^b	Female	10.9	0.04	13.4	0.05
Race/ethnicity^b	Non-Hispanic, White	11.3	0.04	13.8	0.05
	Non-Hispanic, Black	15.5	0.11	18.1	0.14
	Non-Hispanic, AI/AN	13.1	0.60	16.1	0.65
	Non-Hispanic, API	11.1	0.29	12.4	0.39
	Hispanic, all races	13.4	0.20	15.6	0.27

^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_18-1: 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_18-1.html