Table 12_3_2-1 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities ReportsThe 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 12_3_2.1Accidental puncture or laceration during procedure per 1,000 discharges, age 18 and over,a United States, 2000, 2004-2007 20072006200520042000Population groupRateSERateSERateSERateSERateSETotal 4.80.04.60.04.50.04.40.04.00.0Age18-444.50.04.50.04.40.04.30.03.50.045-645.60.05.40.05.30.05.10.04.60.065 and over4.40.04.10.04.10.04.00.04.00.0 65-695.70.05.10.05.40.05.20.04.90.0 70-745.20.04.90.04.70.04.70.04.70.0 75-794.70.04.50.04.50.04.30.04.40.0 80-844.30.03.90.04.10.03.80.04.00.0 85 and over2.30.02.10.02.20.02.20.02.30.0GenderMale4.10.03.80.03.90.03.70.03.50.0Female5.40.05.20.05.10.05.00.04.60.0Median income of patient's ZIP CodeFirst quartile (lowest income)4.70.04.40.04.40.04.30.04.10.0Second quartile4.90.04.80.04.60.04.40.04.20.0Third quartile4.90.04.60.04.70.04.60.04.20.0Fourth quartile (highest income)4.60.04.60.04.40.04.40.03.80.0Location of patient residenceLarge central metropolitan4.60.04.30.04.40.04.20.03.60.0Large fringe metropolitan4.40.04.30.04.30.04.20.03.90.0Medium metropolitan5.20.04.90.04.60.04.60.04.60.0Small metropolitan5.10.04.80.05.10.04.60.04.40.0Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)5.10.04.80.04.80.04.70.04.20.0Noncore (nonmetropolitan)4.80.04.70.04.70.04.50.04.50.0Expected payment sourcePrivate4.60.04.50.04.40.04.20.03.80.0Medicare5.00.04.70.04.70.04.60.04.50.0Medicaid4.90.15.00.14.90.14.70.13.90.1Other4.60.14.40.14.30.14.00.12.80.1Uninsured/self-pay/no charge4.50.14.00.13.60.13.90.13.30.1Region of inpatient treatmentNortheast4.30.04.10.03.80.04.10.03.70.0Midwest4.80.04.60.05.10.04.30.04.30.0South4.70.04.30.04.10.04.10.03.80.0West5.50.05.50.05.40.05.40.04.50.0Ownership/control of hospitalPrivate, not for profit4.80.04.50.04.60.04.40.04.10.0Private, for profit4.40.04.10.04.10.03.90.03.90.0Public5.30.05.40.05.00.05.10.04.10.0Teaching status of hospitalTeaching4.90.04.60.04.80.04.60.03.90.0Nonteaching4.70.04.50.04.40.04.30.04.10.0Location of hospitalLarge central metropolitan4.70.04.40.04.60.04.30.03.80.0Large fringe metropolitan4.30.04.40.04.20.04.20.03.80.0Medium metropolitan5.10.04.90.04.70.04.50.04.60.0Small metropolitan5.20.04.60.04.80.04.60.04.30.0Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)5.20.04.80.04.80.04.90.03.70.0Noncore (nonmetropolitan)4.70.14.20.13.40.13.70.14.90.1Bed size of hospitalLess than 1004.70.04.20.04.70.04.10.04.20.0100-2994.70.04.30.04.30.04.30.03.80.0300-4994.80.04.90.04.60.04.50.04.20.0500 or more5.00.04.60.04.70.04.40.04.10.0a Excludes obstetric admissions.� Also excludes admissions specifically for such problems, such as cases from earlier admissions or from other hospitals. Rates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, comorbidities, and diagnosis-related group (DRG) clusters. When reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender, comorbidities, and DRG clusters; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age, comorbidities, and DRG clusters.Key: SE: standard error.Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample; and AHRQ Quality Indicators, version 3.1. Current as of February 2011 Internet Citation: Table 12_3_2-1: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/12_patientsafety/T12_3_2-1.html
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