Table 12_3_7-1

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_7.1
Transfusion reactions per 1,000 discharges,^a age 18 and over or obstetric admissions, United States, 2000 and 2006
		2006		2000
Population group		Rate^b	SE	Rate^b	SE
Total		0.004	0.001	0.004	0.001
Age	18–44	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	45–64	0.008	0.002	DSU	DSU
	65 and over	DSU	DSU	0.005	0.001
Gender	Male	0.005	0.001	DSU	DSU
Gender	Female	0.003	0.001	0.004	0.001
Median income of patient's ZIP code	First quartile (lowest income)	DSU	DSU	0.007	0.002
	Second quartile	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Third quartile	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Fourth quartile (highest income)	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of patient residence	Large central metropolitan	0.006	0.002	DSU	DSU
	Large fringe metropolitan	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medium metropolitan	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Small metropolitan	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore (nonmetro)	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Expected payment source	Private insurance	0.006	0.002	DSU	DSU
	Medicare	DSU	DSU	0.006	0.001
	Medicaid	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Other insurance	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured/self-pay/no charge	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Midwest	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	South	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	West	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ownership/control of hospital	Private, not for profit	0.003	0.001	0.005	0.001
	Private, for profit	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Public	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Teaching status of hospital	Teaching	0.005	0.002	DSU	DSU
Teaching status of hospital	Nonteaching	0.003	0.001	0.004	0.001
Location of hospital	Large central metropolitan	0.006	0.002	DSU	DSU
	Large fringe metropolitan	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medium metropolitan	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Small metropolitan	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore (nonmetro)	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Bed size of hospital	Less than 100	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	100–299	DSU	DSU	0.005	0.002
	300–499	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	500 or more	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^a Excludes admissions specifically for transfusion reactions, such as cases from earlier admissions or from other hospitals.

^b Rates are observed rates and are not adjusted for age, gender, or severity.

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

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_3_7-1: 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_7-1.html