Table 11_1_10_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 11_1_10.1
Home health care patients who stayed at home after an episode of home health care ended, United States,^a 2004-2009
		2009		2008		2007		2006		2005		2004
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		67.8	0.02	68.0	0.02	68.3	0.02	68.2	0.02	68.4	0.02	68.5	0.02
Age^b	0-64	62.5	0.06	62.7	0.06	62.8	0.06	62.7	0.06	62.9	0.06	62.9	0.06
	65-74	69.2	0.04	69.4	0.05	69.6	0.05	69.5	0.05	69.6	0.05	69.6	0.05
	75-84	68.9	0.04	69.1	0.04	69.5	0.04	69.4	0.04	69.7	0.04	69.7	0.04
	85 and over	68.5	0.04	68.4	0.05	68.9	0.05	68.6	0.05	68.6	0.05	69.0	0.05
Gender^b	Male	65.8	0.04	65.9	0.04	66.2	0.04	66.2	0.04	66.3	0.04	66.5	0.04
Gender^b	Female	69.0	0.03	69.2	0.03	69.5	0.03	69.3	0.03	69.5	0.03	69.6	0.03
Race^b	White only	68.6	0.03	68.8	0.03	69.2	0.03	69.1	0.03	69.3	0.03	69.5	0.03
	Black only	62.7	0.06	63.1	0.07	63.4	0.07	63.2	0.07	63.0	0.07	62.9	0.07
	Asian only	74.2	0.17	74.0	0.18	74.2	0.18	73.9	0.19	73.9	0.19	74.4	0.20
	NHOPI only	69.4	0.54	69.8	0.54	70.8	0.55	68.9	0.56	71.1	0.55	70.7	0.58
	AI/AN only	61.7	0.34	61.9	0.35	62.9	0.36	61.9	0.36	62.6	0.37	63.9	0.36
	Multiple races	64.4	0.63	66.0	0.67	66.1	0.66	65.8	0.68	67.1	0.70	66.5	0.73
Ethnicity^b	Hispanic, all races	65.8	0.08	65.0	0.09	65.3	0.09	65.4	0.09	65.3	0.09	65.7	0.10
	Non-Hispanic, White	68.6	0.03	68.8	0.03	69.2	0.03	69.1	0.03	69.3	0.03	69.5	0.03
	Non-Hispanic, Black	62.7	0.06	63.1	0.07	63.4	0.07	63.2	0.07	63.0	0.07	62.9	0.07
	Non-Hispanic, other	71.4	0.10	71.7	0.11	72.1	0.11	71.5	0.11	71.7	0.11	71.5	0.12

^a. Episodes with final assessments indicating patient remained at home at the conclusion of services.

^b. Excludes records with missing 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 11_1_10_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/nhqrdr11/11_supportive_palliative_care/T11_1_10_1.html