Table 11_1_6-2a

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_6.2a
Long-stay nursing home residents who lose too much weight, by race/ethnicity, United States, 2007^a
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		White		Black		AI/AN		API		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		8.82	0.03	8.86	0.03	8.97	0.08	8.60	0.45	8.06	0.25	7.63	0.14
Age^b	0–64	7.52	0.07	7.49	0.09	7.89	0.15	6.85	0.77	6.36	0.56	6.51	0.28
	65–74	9.00	0.08	9.02	0.10	9.27	0.19	9.49	1.03	7.80	0.67	7.94	0.33
	75–84	9.06	0.05	9.07	0.06	9.30	0.15	9.29	0.90	8.51	0.46	7.91	0.25
	85 and over	9.03	0.05	9.02	0.05	9.45	0.16	9.05	0.91	8.52	0.42	7.97	0.26
Gender^b	Male	8.86	0.05	9.00	0.06	8.86	0.13	7.69	0.64	7.58	0.41	7.42	0.21
Gender^b	Female	8.81	0.04	8.81	0.04	9.04	0.10	9.33	0.62	8.32	0.32	7.79	0.18

^a Data reflect care for the third quarter of each calendar year.

^b Age, gender, and race/ethnicity categories exclude records with missing values.

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_6-2a: 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_6-2a.html