Table 11_1_19-1

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_19.1
Low-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		2.16	0.02	2.82	0.02
Age^b	0–64	2.43	0.05	2.66	0.06
	65–74	2.19	0.06	2.69	0.06
	75–84	2.00	0.04	2.85	0.04
	85 and over	2.16	0.03	2.86	0.03
Gender^b	Male	2.59	0.04	3.54	0.04
Gender^b	Female	1.94	0.02	2.52	0.02
Race/ethnicity^b	Non-Hispanic, White	2.24	0.02	2.89	0.02
	Non-Hispanic, Black	1.91	0.05	2.36	0.06
	Non-Hispanic, AI/AN	3.02	0.32	3.38	0.31
	Non-Hispanic, API	1.10	0.12	1.86	0.18
	Hispanic, all races	1.66	0.09	2.37	0.12

^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_19-1: 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_19-1.html