Table 10_1_2-1

2010 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 10_1_2.1
Home health care patients who get better at walking or moving around,^a United States, 2002-2008
		2008		2007		2006		2005		2004		2003		2002
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		44.9	0.0	43.3	0.0	41.2	0.0	38.8	0.0	37.2	0.0	35.1	0.0	33.9	0.0
Age	0-64	45.8	0.1	44.7	0.1	43.1	0.1	40.9	0.1	39.6	0.1	37.4	0.1	36.2	0.1
	65-74	49.4	0.1	47.7	0.1	45.6	0.1	42.9	0.1	41.2	0.1	38.8	0.1	37.6	0.1
	75-84	45.5	0.1	43.8	0.1	41.6	0.1	39.1	0.1	37.5	0.1	35.4	0.1	34.1	0.1
	85 and over	39.5	0.1	37.7	0.1	35.6	0.1	33.4	0.1	31.9	0.1	30.1	0.1	29.0	0.1
Gender	Male	47.0	0.1	45.5	0.1	43.6	0.1	41.3	0.1	39.8	0.1	37.6	0.1	36.4	0.1
Gender	Female	43.7	0.0	42.0	0.0	39.9	0.0	37.4	0.0	35.9	0.0	33.8	0.0	32.6	0.0
Race^b	White only	45.3	0.0	43.6	0.0	41.4	0.0	38.9	0.0	37.2	0.0	35.0	0.0	33.8	0.0
	Black only	41.8	0.1	40.2	0.1	38.7	0.1	36.8	0.1	35.7	0.1	33.6	0.1	32.7	0.1
	Asian only	49.0	0.2	47.0	0.3	44.7	0.3	42.7	0.3	40.9	0.3	39.4	0.3	38.0	0.3
	NHOPI only	48.3	0.7	47.5	0.7	45.0	0.8	42.5	0.7	41.3	0.8	40.3	0.9	39.2	0.9
	AI/AN only	43.5	0.5	42.1	0.5	41.1	0.5	38.5	0.5	37.0	0.5	36.3	0.5	35.4	0.5
	Multiple races	42.2	0.9	43.3	0.9	43.0	0.9	40.3	0.9	39.3	1.0	36.0	1.0	33.8	1.0
Ethnicity^b	Hispanic, all races	42.7	0.1	42.0	0.1	41.1	0.1	39.4	0.1	39.1	0.1	37.8	0.1	37.1	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	45.3	0.0	43.6	0.0	41.4	0.0	38.9	0.0	37.2	0.0	35.0	0.0	33.8	0.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	41.8	0.1	40.2	0.1	38.7	0.1	36.8	0.1	35.7	0.1	33.6	0.1	32.7	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, other	47.7	0.1	46.5	0.2	43.7	0.2	40.5	0.2	38.6	0.2	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA

^a Episodes in which a person improved at walking or moving around compared to a prior assessment.� Episodes for people who are at the highest level and cannot improve any more are excluded.

^b Excludes records with missing values.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

Key: NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Outcome and Assessment Information Set.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 10_1_2-1: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/10_functional_status/T10_1_2-1.html