Table 11_1_4-1

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_4.1
Low-risk long-stay nursing home residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder, United States, 1999 and 2007^a
		2007		1999
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		49.4	0.05	43.7	0.05
Age^b	0–64	34.0	0.14	29.6	0.16
	65–74	45.1	0.15	39.0	0.15
	75–84	51.9	0.10	44.8	0.09
	85 and over	53.6	0.08	46.9	0.08
Gender^b	Male	45.0	0.10	41.5	0.10
Gender^b	Female	51.2	0.06	44.5	0.06
Race/ethnicity^b	Non-Hispanic, White	49.6	0.06	43.7	0.06
	Non-Hispanic, Black	49.2	0.15	44.0	0.16
	Non-Hispanic, AI/AN	42.2	0.76	39.3	0.74
	Non-Hispanic, API	49.1	0.44	44.1	0.54
	Hispanic, all races	46.4	0.27	41.3	0.33

^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_4-1: 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_4-1.html