Table 11_1_18-2

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_18.2
High-risk^a long-stay^b nursing home residents who have pressure sores, by race/ethnicity, United States, 2008^c
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		White		Black		AI/AN		API		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		11.7	0.0	11.0	0.0	15.1	0.1	14.8	0.6	11.1	0.3	12.9	0.2
Age^d	0-64	14.7	0.1	14.3	0.2	16.1	0.3	17.7	1.4	10.5	0.7	14.0	0.4
	65-74	13.7	0.1	13.1	0.1	15.2	0.3	16.9	1.6	13.2	0.8	14.2	0.5
	75-84	12.0	0.1	11.4	0.1	15.3	0.2	13.7	1.2	11.8	0.5	12.9	0.3
	85 and over	10.2	0.1	9.7	0.1	14.2	0.2	12.2	1.1	10.0	0.4	11.5	0.3
Gender^d	Male	14.6	0.1	14.3	0.1	16.1	0.2	16.8	1.1	11.8	0.5	14.3	0.3
Gender^d	Female	10.6	0.0	9.9	0.0	14.6	0.1	13.6	0.8	10.8	0.3	12.0	0.2

^a High-risk residents are those who are in a coma, do not get the nutrients needed to maintain good skin health, or cannot change position on their own.

^b Long-stay residents typically enter a nursing facility because they are no longer able to care for themselves at home. They tend to stay in the facility for several months or years.

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

^d Age, gender, and race/ethnicity categories exclude records with missing values.

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_18-2: 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_18-2.html