Table 11_1_6-1

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_6.1
Long-stay nursing home residents who lose too much weight, United States, 1999 and 2007^a
		2007		1999
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		8.82	0.03	11.11	0.03
Age^b	0–64	7.52	0.07	8.37	0.10
	65–74	9.00	0.08	10.63	0.09
	75–84	9.06	0.05	11.36	0.06
	85 and over	9.03	0.05	11.63	0.05
Gender^b	Male	8.86	0.05	11.32	0.06
Gender^b	Female	8.81	0.04	11.03	0.04
Race/ethnicity^b	Non-Hispanic, White	8.86	0.03	11.20	0.04
	Non-Hispanic, Black	8.97	0.08	10.81	0.10
	Non-Hispanic, AI/AN	8.60	0.45	10.69	0.50
	Non-Hispanic, API	8.06	0.25	10.62	0.39
	Hispanic, all races	7.63	0.14	9.81	0.19

^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_6-1: 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_6-1.html