Table 11_1_22-2a

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_22.2a
Home health care patients who had to be admitted to the hospital, by race,^a United States, 2007
				Single race
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		28.2	0.0	27.2	0.0	33.8	0.1	22.6	0.2	26.1	0.5	33.1	0.4	30.7	0.6
Age	0–64	34.6	0.1	34.3	0.1	35.8	0.1	28.2	0.6	30.8	1.3	36.1	0.7	37.3	1.4
	65–74	27.5	0.0	26.6	0.1	32.4	0.1	20.7	0.3	24.8	1.0	33.6	0.7	29.8	1.2
	75–84	27.0	0.0	26.3	0.0	33.0	0.1	21.9	0.3	24.8	0.9	31.1	0.6	27.9	1.1
	85 and over	26.5	0.0	25.8	0.1	33.7	0.2	23.8	0.4	25.3	1.3	30.8	0.8	29.2	1.4
Gender	Male	30.1	0.0	29.2	0.0	35.0	0.1	25.5	0.3	28.7	0.9	34.0	0.6	30.8	1.1
Gender	Female	27.1	0.0	26.1	0.0	33.2	0.1	20.7	0.2	24.4	0.7	32.5	0.4	30.6	0.8

^a Excludes records with missing values.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Outcome and Assessment Information Set.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 11_1_22-2a: 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_22-2a.html