Table 11_1_15-1

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_15.1
Short-stay^a nursing home residents who had moderate to severe pain,^b United States, 1999-2008^c
		2008		2007		2006		2005		2004		2003		2002		2001		2000		1999
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		21.0	0.0	21.6	0.0	22.3	0.0	23.3	0.0	23.4	0.0	23.3	0.0	26.0	0.0	27.5	0.1	27.2	0.1	27.0	0.1
Age^d	0-64	28.6	0.2	29.6	0.2	31.1	0.2	32.4	0.2	32.7	0.2	33.3	0.2	36.0	0.2	37.4	0.3	37.5	0.3	37.0	0.3
	65-74	23.9	0.1	25.4	0.1	26.1	0.1	27.6	0.1	27.6	0.1	27.8	0.1	30.5	0.1	32.3	0.2	32.0	0.2	31.3	0.2
	75-84	18.8	0.1	19.9	0.1	20.9	0.1	21.9	0.1	22.3	0.1	22.5	0.1	25.3	0.1	26.7	0.1	26.4	0.1	26.3	0.1
	85 and over	14.3	0.1	15.3	0.1	16.2	0.1	17.2	0.1	17.7	0.1	18.2	0.1	21.1	0.1	22.5	0.1	22.4	0.1	22.3	0.1
Gender^d	Male	17.1	0.1	17.4	0.1	18.1	0.1	19.0	0.1	19.1	0.1	18.9	0.1	20.9	0.1	22.1	0.1	21.9	0.1	21.6	0.1
Gender^d	Female	23.1	0.0	23.8	0.1	24.5	0.1	25.6	0.1	25.6	0.1	25.5	0.1	28.5	0.1	30.1	0.1	29.8	0.1	29.6	0.1
Race/ethnicity^d	Non-Hispanic, White	21.8	0.0	22.4	0.0	23.1	0.0	24.2	0.0	24.3	0.0	24.2	0.0	26.9	0.1	28.4	0.1	28.2	0.1	28.0	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	16.2	0.1	16.5	0.1	17.3	0.1	18.2	0.1	17.8	0.1	17.8	0.1	19.4	0.1	21.0	0.1	20.1	0.1	19.5	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, AI/AN	24.3	0.6	25.0	0.6	26.4	0.7	27.1	0.7	26.6	0.7	27.5	0.8	28.7	0.8	29.2	0.8	29.3	0.8	28.3	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, API	14.5	0.3	15.4	0.3	15.6	0.3	15.9	0.3	15.7	0.3	16.4	0.4	17.1	0.4	18.6	0.4	19.0	0.5	19.8	0.5
	Hispanic, all races	17.3	0.2	17.7	0.2	18.1	0.2	18.8	0.2	19.0	0.2	19.0	0.2	22.2	0.2	22.5	0.3	22.3	0.3	22.0	0.3

^a Short-stay residents stay fewer than 30 days in a nursing home, typically following an acute care hospitalization.

^b Residents with moderate to severe pain experience pain at least daily, or horrible or excruciating pain at any frequency.

^c Data reflect care for the third quarter of each calendar year.

^d Excludes records with unknown age, gender, and race/ethnicity.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; API: Asian or Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Minimum Data Set.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 11_1_15-1: 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_15-1.html