Table 11_1_5-1

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_5.1
Low-risk long-stay nursing home residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder, United States, 1999 and 2007^a
		2007		1999
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		6.46	0.02	6.01	0.02
Age^b	0–64	9.86	0.07	9.87	0.08
	65–74	7.95	0.07	7.27	0.07
	75–84	6.59	0.04	6.15	0.04
	85 and over	4.90	0.03	4.78	0.03
Gender^b	Male	9.70	0.05	8.58	0.05
Gender^b	Female	5.10	0.02	5.07	0.02
Race/ethnicity^b	Non-Hispanic, White	6.45	0.02	5.86	0.02
	Non-Hispanic, Black	6.75	0.06	7.14	0.07
	Non-Hispanic, AI/AN	7.64	0.34	7.52	0.32
	Non-Hispanic, API	5.15	0.16	5.03	0.19
	Hispanic, all races	6.04	0.11	6.26	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_5-1: 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_5-1.html