Table 11_1_10-1

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 11_1_10.1
Home health care patients who stayed at home after an episode of home health care ended,^a United States, 2004-2008
		2008		2007		2006		2005		2004
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		68.0	0.0	68.3	0.0	68.2	0.0	68.4	0.0	68.5	0.0
Age	0-64	62.7	0.1	62.8	0.1	62.7	0.1	62.9	0.1	62.9	0.1
	65-74	69.4	0.1	69.6	0.1	69.5	0.1	69.6	0.1	69.6	0.1
	75-84	69.1	0.0	69.5	0.0	69.4	0.0	69.7	0.0	69.7	0.0
	85 and over	68.4	0.1	68.9	0.1	68.6	0.1	68.6	0.1	69.0	0.1
Gender	Male	65.9	0.0	66.2	0.0	66.2	0.0	66.3	0.0	66.5	0.0
Gender	Female	69.2	0.0	69.5	0.0	69.3	0.0	69.5	0.0	69.6	0.0
Race^b	White only	68.8	0.0	69.2	0.0	69.1	0.0	69.3	0.0	69.5	0.0
	Black only	63.1	0.1	63.4	0.1	63.2	0.1	63.0	0.1	62.9	0.1
	Asian only	74.0	0.2	74.2	0.2	73.9	0.2	73.9	0.2	74.4	0.2
	NHOPI only	69.8	0.5	70.8	0.6	68.9	0.6	71.1	0.6	70.7	0.6
	AI/AN only	61.9	0.4	62.9	0.4	61.9	0.4	62.6	0.4	63.9	0.4
	Multiple races	66.0	0.7	66.1	0.7	65.8	0.7	67.1	0.7	66.5	0.7
Ethnicity^b	Hispanic, all races	65.0	0.1	65.3	0.1	65.4	0.1	65.3	0.1	65.7	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	68.8	0.0	69.2	0.0	69.1	0.0	69.3	0.0	69.5	0.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	63.1	0.1	63.4	0.1	63.2	0.1	63.0	0.1	62.9	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, other	71.7	0.1	72.1	0.1	71.5	0.1	71.7	0.1	71.5	0.1

^a Episodes with final assessments indicating patient remained at home at the conclusion of services.

^b Excludes records with missing values.

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

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

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 11_1_10-1: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/11_supportive_palliative_care/T11_1_10-1.html