Table 3_1_1-1

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 3_1_1.1
Adult hemodialysis patients with adequate dialysis (urea reduction ratio 65% or greater),^a United States, 2002 and 2007
		2007		2002
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		89.2	0.3	86.4	0.4
Age	18–44	84.9	1.0	81.0	1.1
	45–64	86.7	0.6	83.6	0.6
	65 and over	92.8	0.4	90.6	0.5
Gender	Male	85.5	0.5	81.6	0.6
Gender	Female	93.8	0.4	92.0	0.4
Race	White only	89.3	0.4	87.4	0.5
	Black only	87.9	0.6	83.9	0.7
	Asian only	96.3	1.1	94.5	1.6
	AI/AN	93.4	2.0	90.1	2.4
	Multiple races	DNA	DNA	87.9	2.1
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	88.7	0.4	86.0	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	88.6	0.5	87.0	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	87.8	0.6	84.1	0.7
	Hispanic, all races	92.1	0.8	88.9	0.9

^a Standard error was calculated based on sample size, assuming random sample design.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, End Stage Renal Disease Clinical Performance Measures Project.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 3_1_1-1: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/3_endstagerenaldisease/T3_1_1-1.html