Table 11_1_22-1

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_22.1
Home health care patients who were admitted to the hospital,^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		28.6	0.0	28.2	0.0	28.2	0.0	28.0	0.0	27.9	0.0	27.8	0.0	27.7	0.0
Age	0-64	34.7	0.1	34.6	0.1	34.6	0.1	34.3	0.1	34.3	0.1	34.1	0.1	34.2	0.1
	65-74	27.8	0.0	27.5	0.0	27.5	0.1	27.3	0.1	27.4	0.1	27.3	0.1	27.2	0.1
	75-84	27.4	0.0	27.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	26.6	0.0	26.6	0.0	26.4	0.0	26.3	0.0
	85 and over	27.0	0.0	26.5	0.0	26.6	0.1	26.5	0.1	26.3	0.1	26.4	0.1	26.3	0.1
Gender	Male	30.5	0.0	30.1	0.0	30.0	0.0	29.8	0.0	29.7	0.0	29.5	0.0	29.5	0.0
Gender	Female	27.5	0.0	27.1	0.0	27.2	0.0	26.9	0.0	26.9	0.0	26.8	0.0	26.6	0.0
Race^b	White only	27.6	0.0	27.2	0.0	27.2	0.0	26.9	0.0	26.8	0.0	26.7	0.0	26.6	0.0
	Black only	34.2	0.1	33.8	0.1	33.9	0.1	33.9	0.1	34.1	0.1	33.9	0.1	33.9	0.1
	Asian only	22.8	0.2	22.6	0.2	23.1	0.2	23.0	0.2	22.5	0.2	21.5	0.2	21.7	0.2
	NHOPI only	26.9	0.5	26.0	0.5	27.0	0.5	25.6	0.5	26.3	0.6	26.0	0.6	27.6	0.6
	AI/AN only	34.2	0.3	33.1	0.4	34.2	0.4	33.6	0.4	32.3	0.4	31.2	0.3	30.7	0.3
	Multiple races	30.6	0.7	30.7	0.6	30.6	0.7	29.1	0.7	29.7	0.7	29.0	0.7	31.1	0.7
Ethnicity^b	Hispanic, all races	31.3	0.1	31.0	0.1	30.9	0.1	31.0	0.1	30.7	0.1	30.3	0.1	30.6	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	27.6	0.0	27.2	0.0	27.2	0.0	26.9	0.0	26.8	0.0	26.7	0.0	26.6	0.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	34.2	0.1	33.8	0.1	33.9	0.1	33.9	0.1	34.1	0.1	33.9	0.1	33.9	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, other	24.9	0.1	24.5	0.1	25.2	0.1	25.0	0.1	25.1	0.1	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA

^a Episodes in which a person was hospitalized for an acute condition while receiving home health care services.� Reason for hospitalization may be for emergent, urgent, or elective medical care.

^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 11_1_22-1: 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_22-1.html