Table 11_1_20-2

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_20.2
Short-stay^a nursing home residents with pressure sores, by race/ethnicity, United States, 2008^b
				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		18.9	0.0	18.4	0.0	22.0	0.1	19.7	0.6	20.9	0.3	22.1	0.2
Age^c	0-64	18.3	0.1	18.0	0.1	19.2	0.3	16.9	1.4	18.7	1.3	19.5	0.5
	65-74	17.8	0.1	17.4	0.1	20.1	0.2	20.8	1.3	17.3	0.7	18.8	0.4
	75-84	18.3	0.1	17.7	0.1	22.4	0.2	19.5	1.1	19.8	0.5	22.6	0.4
	85 and over	19.9	0.1	19.4	0.1	25.1	0.3	21.1	1.3	24.2	0.6	25.8	0.4
Gender^c	Male	21.1	0.1	20.9	0.1	21.4	0.2	21.0	1.0	21.5	0.6	22.1	0.3
Gender^c	Female	17.8	0.0	17.1	0.0	22.3	0.2	18.8	0.8	20.5	0.4	22.1	0.3

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

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

^cAge, 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_20-2: 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_20-2.html