Table 12_2_14-1

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 12_2_14.1
Adverse events in patients receiving hip joint replacement due to fracture or degenerative conditions, United States, 2004 and 2007^a
		2007		2004
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		3.68	0.88	7.14	1.18
Age	Under 65	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	65–74	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	75 and over	DSU	DSU	9.80	1.70
Gender	Male	DSU	DSU	7.55	2.09
Gender	Female	4.70	1.23	6.94	1.43
Race	White	3.94	0.94	7.43	1.24
Race	Other	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Diabetes	Yes	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Diabetes	No	3.76	0.99	7.36	1.32
Obesity	Yes	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Obesity	No	3.18	0.87	7.48	1.25
Cerebrovascular disease	Yes	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Cerebrovascular disease	No	3.31	0.90	6.27	1.21
CHF/pulmonary edema	Yes	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
CHF/pulmonary edema	No	3.20	0.87	6.91	1.26
COPD	Yes	DSU	DSU	12.90	3.48
COPD	No	3.57	0.94	5.74	1.19
Smoking	Yes	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Smoking	No	3.35	0.88	7.08	1.23
Corticosteroids	Yes	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Corticosteroids	No	3.36	0.85	6.84	1.19
Coronary artery disease	Yes	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Coronary artery disease	No	DSU	DSU	6.94	1.37
Renal disease	Yes	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Renal disease	No	3.61	0.92	6.99	1.23

^a All Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) discharges from the MPSMS sample.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: CHF: congestive heart failure; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 12_2_14-1: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/12_patientsafety/T12_2_14-1.html