Table 3_1_1-2b

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_1.2b
Adult hemodialysis patients with adequate dialysis (urea reduction ratio 65% or greater),^a by ethnicity, United States, 2007
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		89.2	0.3	88.7	0.4	88.6	0.5	87.8	0.6	92.1	0.8
Age	18–44	84.9	1.0	83.9	1.2	85.1	1.9	82.7	1.6	89.4	2.0
	45–64	86.7	0.6	85.6	0.7	84.1	1.0	85.4	1.0	92.1	1.1
	65 and over	92.8	0.4	92.7	0.4	91.7	0.6	93.5	0.8	93.6	1.2
Gender	Male	85.5	0.5	85.0	0.6	85.0	0.8	83.2	1.0	88.6	1.2
Gender	Female	93.8	0.4	93.3	0.4	93.7	0.6	92.6	0.7	96.5	0.8

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

Key: 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_1-2b: 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_1-2b.html