Table 11_1_21-1

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_21.1
Short-stay nursing home residents with delirium, United States, 1999 and 2007^a
		2007		1999
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		2.66	0.01	5.44	0.02
Age^b	0–64	2.23	0.06	4.13	0.11
	65–74	2.50	0.05	4.88	0.07
	75–84	2.84	0.03	5.73	0.05
	85 and over	3.30	0.04	6.42	0.05
Gender^b	Male	2.86	0.02	5.89	0.04
Gender^b	Female	2.56	0.02	5.23	0.03
Race/ethnicity^b	Non-Hispanic, White	2.76	0.02	5.58	0.03
	Non-Hispanic, Black	2.34	0.04	4.57	0.07
	Non-Hispanic, AI/AN	2.62	0.24	5.08	0.37
	Non-Hispanic, API	1.53	0.10	4.46	0.25
	Hispanic, all races	1.73	0.06	4.27	0.13

^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_21-1: 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_21-1.html