Table 10_1_4_2a

2011 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 10_1_4.2a
Home health care patients who got better at getting in and out of bed, by race,^a United States, 2009
				Single race
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		54.1	0.0	54.9	0.0	51.9	0.1	53.5	0.2	55.2	0.8	52.8	0.5	54.8	0.9
Age	0-64	55.7	0.1	56.5	0.1	55.2	0.2	56.8	0.9	56.5	1.8	50.4	1.0	53.7	2.0
	65-74	60.8	0.1	63.0	0.1	55.0	0.2	59.8	0.5	60.2	1.4	60.5	0.9	61.0	1.8
	75-84	55.0	0.1	56.2	0.1	50.1	0.2	53.0	0.4	56.1	1.3	52.8	0.9	55.6	1.6
	85 and over	46.3	0.1	46.7	0.1	43.6	0.2	47.0	0.5	45.3	1.7	45.3	1.1	47.5	2.0
Gender	Male	55.2	0.1	56.2	0.1	52.8	0.2	54.1	0.4	54.0	1.2	52.0	0.8	58.9	1.5
Gender	Female	53.5	0.0	54.3	0.0	51.5	0.1	53.2	0.3	56.0	1.0	53.3	0.6	52.6	1.1

^a. Episodes in which a person improved at getting in and out of bed compared with a prior assessment. Episodes for people who are at the highest level and cannot improve any more are excluded. Also excludes records with missing race values.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Outcome and Assessment Information Set.

Current as of March 2012

Internet Citation: Table 10_1_4_2a: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2012. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/10_functional_status/T10_1_4_2a.html