Table 12_2_9-1

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_9.1
Reclosure of postoperative abdominal wound separation per 1,000 abdominopelvic-surgery discharges (excluding immunocompromised patients, stays under 2 days, and obstetric conditions),^a age 18 and over, United States, 2000 and 2006
		2006		2000
Population group		Rate^b	SE	Rate^b	SE
Total		2.63	0.04	2.62	0.04
Age	18–44	1.31	0.05	1.07	0.04
	45–64	2.70	0.06	2.48	0.06
	65 and over	4.22	0.09	4.62	0.09
	65–69	4.16	0.17	5.18	0.17
	70–74	4.39	0.19	4.45	0.18
	75–79	4.07	0.21	4.74	0.20
	80–84	4.68	0.25	4.54	0.25
	85 and over	3.69	0.27	3.67	0.26
Gender	Male	4.77	0.09	5.24	0.09
Gender	Female	1.73	0.04	1.44	0.04
Median income of patient's ZIP code	First quartile (lowest income)	2.64	0.08	2.80	0.08
	Second quartile	3.18	0.07	2.73	0.07
	Third quartile	2.42	0.08	2.38	0.08
	Fourth quartile (highest income)	2.24	0.08	2.51	0.08
Location of patient residence	Large central metropolitan	2.89	0.07	2.24	0.07
	Large fringe metropolitan	2.34	0.08	2.73	0.07
	Medium metropolitan	2.73	0.08	2.81	0.09
	Small metropolitan	2.32	0.12	2.48	0.12
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	2.79	0.11	3.02	0.11
	Noncore (nonmetro)	2.51	0.13	2.67	0.13
Expected payment source	Private insurance	2.51	0.07	2.45	0.07
	Medicare	2.51	0.05	2.72	0.05
	Medicaid	4.55	0.15	2.96	0.17
	Other insurance	1.93	0.22	2.61	0.24
	Uninsured/self-pay/no charge	2.89	0.19	1.96	0.22
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	2.72	0.09	2.96	0.08
	Midwest	2.85	0.08	3.01	0.08
	South	2.59	0.06	2.42	0.06
	West	2.37	0.09	2.09	0.09
Ownership/control of hospital	Private, not for profit	2.45	0.04	2.63	0.04
	Private, for profit	2.77	0.11	2.47	0.11
	Public	3.60	0.11	2.69	0.11
Teaching status of hospital	Teaching	2.87	0.07	2.79	0.07
Teaching status of hospital	Nonteaching	2.51	0.05	2.54	0.05
Location of hospital	Large central metropolitan	2.89	0.07	2.36	0.07
	Large fringe metropolitan	2.03	0.09	2.69	0.08
	Medium metropolitan	2.71	0.08	2.69	0.09
	Small metropolitan	2.20	0.11	2.74	0.11
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	3.23	0.12	2.89	0.13
	Noncore (nonmetro)	2.75	0.24	3.11	0.22
Bed size of hospital	Less than 100	2.73	0.12	2.91	0.11
	100–299	2.51	0.06	2.44	0.06
	300–499	2.63	0.07	2.52	0.07
	500 or more	2.79	0.08	2.95	0.09

^a Also excludes admissions specifically for such wound dehiscence, such as cases from earlier admissions or from other hospitals.

^b Rates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, comorbidities, and diagnosis-related group (DRG) clusters. When reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender, comorbidities, and DRG clusters; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age, comorbidities, and DRG clusters.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample and AHRQ Quality Indicators, version 3.1.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 12_2_9-1: 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_9-1.html