Table 11_1_20-1

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_20.1
Short-stay nursing home residents with pressure sores, United States, 1999 and 2007^a
		2007		1999
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		19.5	0.04	23.4	0.05
Age^b	0–64	18.9	0.13	23.5	0.21
	65–74	18.4	0.09	22.3	0.12
	75–84	19.0	0.06	22.4	0.08
	85 and over	20.5	0.06	24.5	0.08
Gender^b	Male	21.8	0.07	25.9	0.09
Gender^b	Female	18.3	0.04	22.2	0.06
Race/ethnicity^b	Non-Hispanic, White	19.0	0.04	22.7	0.05
	Non-Hispanic, Black	22.7	0.13	29.4	0.17
	Non-Hispanic, AI/AN	21.0	0.63	26.1	0.77
	Non-Hispanic, API	20.8	0.36	24.1	0.53
	Hispanic, all races	23.3	0.2	27.2	0.31

^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_20-1: 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_20-1.html