Table 12_3_10-1

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_3_10.1
Patients with hospital-acquired pressure ulcers, United States, 2004 and 2007^a
		2007		2004
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		3.91	0.12	3.99	0.12
Age	Under 65	1.98	0.21	2.34	0.24
	65–74	2.54	0.18	2.90	0.19
	75–84	4.54	0.22	4.57	0.22
	85 and over	6.79	0.36	6.28	0.37
Gender	Male	3.86	0.18	3.93	0.19
Gender	Female	3.95	0.16	4.04	0.17
Race	White	3.99	0.13	4.10	0.14
	Black	2.91	0.34	3.65	0.38
	Other	4.39	0.52	3.00	0.46
Diabetes	Yes	4.71	0.23	5.21	0.25
Diabetes	No	3.50	0.14	3.42	0.14
Obesity	Yes	3.88	0.33	4.17	0.38
Obesity	No	3.91	0.13	3.97	0.13
Cerebrovascular disease	Yes	5.49	0.29	5.89	0.30
Cerebrovascular disease	No	3.42	0.13	3.40	0.13
CHF/pulmonary edema	Yes	5.85	0.27	6.52	0.29
CHF/pulmonary edema	No	3.13	0.13	2.95	0.13
COPD	Yes	4.77	0.26	4.78	0.24
COPD	No	3.60	0.13	3.65	0.14
Smoking	Yes	2.87	0.26	3.41	0.29
Smoking	No	4.11	0.13	4.10	0.14
Corticosteroids	Yes	5.11	0.49	6.01	0.54
Corticosteroids	No	3.81	0.12	3.82	0.13
Coronary artery disease	Yes	4.40	0.19	4.74	0.20
Coronary artery disease	No	3.53	0.15	3.39	0.15
Renal disease	Yes	5.95	0.29	7.19	0.36
Renal disease	No	3.21	0.13	3.14	0.12

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

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

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

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 12_3_10-1: 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_3_10-1.html