Table 10_1_7_1

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_7.1
Home health care patients who got better at bathing,^a United States, 2002-2009
		2009		2008		2007		2006		2005		2004		2003		2002
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		65.1	0.0	64.5	0.0	64.6	0.0	63.6	0.0	62.0	0.0	60.7	0.0	58.5	0.0	56.9	0.0
Age^b	0-64	65.7	0.1	64.8	0.1	65.0	0.1	63.8	0.1	62.5	0.1	61.1	0.1	58.8	0.1	57.1	0.1
	65-74	72.3	0.1	71.7	0.1	71.7	0.1	70.8	0.1	69.3	0.1	68.0	0.1	65.7	0.1	64.0	0.1
	75-84	66.2	0.1	65.7	0.1	65.8	0.1	64.8	0.1	63.1	0.1	61.9	0.1	59.7	0.1	58.1	0.1
	85 and over	56.5	0.1	56.0	0.1	55.9	0.1	54.8	0.1	52.8	0.1	51.5	0.1	49.2	0.1	47.5	0.1
Gender^b	Male	65.9	0.1	65.4	0.1	65.6	0.1	64.7	0.1	63.1	0.1	61.8	0.1	59.6	0.0	57.9	0.1
Gender^b	Female	64.6	0.0	64.0	0.0	64.1	0.0	63.1	0.0	61.4	0.0	60.2	0.0	58.0	0.1	56.3	0.0
Race^b	White only	65.9	0.0	65.4	0.0	65.5	0.0	64.5	0.0	62.9	0.0	61.5	0.0	59.3	0.0	57.7	0.0
	Black only	62.7	0.1	61.7	0.1	61.6	0.1	60.3	0.1	58.8	0.1	57.6	0.1	55.0	0.1	52.9	0.1
	Asian only	64.7	0.2	64.9	0.2	63.3	0.2	62.8	0.3	60.9	0.3	60.3	0.3	58.4	0.3	55.4	0.3
	NHOPI only	65.9	0.7	64.8	0.7	65.4	0.7	64.7	0.7	60.4	0.7	60.6	0.8	57.4	0.9	57.8	0.9
	AI/AN only	63.4	0.5	62.8	0.5	62.8	0.5	62.1	0.5	59.1	0.5	58.7	0.5	56.6	0.5	55.5	0.5
	Multiple races	63.9	0.8	63.1	0.9	63.8	0.9	62.9	0.9	61.6	0.9	62.2	1.0	58.7	1.0	55.3	1.0
Ethnicity^b	Hispanic, all races	60.2	0.1	60.0	0.1	60.0	0.1	59.1	0.1	57.6	0.1	57.2	0.1	54.9	0.1	53.6	0.2
	Non-Hispanic, White	65.9	0.0	65.4	0.0	65.5	0.0	64.5	0.0	62.9	0.0	61.5	0.0	59.3	0.0	57.7	0.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	62.7	0.1	61.7	0.1	61.6	0.1	60.3	0.1	58.8	0.1	57.6	0.1	55.0	0.1	52.9	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, other	64.8	0.1	64.5	0.1	64.1	0.1	63.3	0.2	61.0	0.2	59.6	0.2	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA

^a. Episodes in which a person's ability to bathe improved compared with a prior assessment. Episodes for people who are at the highest level and cannot improve any more are excluded.

^b. Excludes records with missing values.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

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_7_1: 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_7_1.html