Table 11_1_10_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 11_1_10.2a
Home health care patients who stayed at home after an episode of home health care ended, 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		67.8	0.0	68.6	0.0	62.7	0.1	74.2	0.2	69.4	0.5	61.7	0.3	64.4	0.6
Age	0-64	62.5	0.1	62.7	0.1	61.4	0.1	69.2	0.6	66.7	1.2	59.2	0.7	59.0	1.3
	65-74	69.2	0.0	70.1	0.1	64.2	0.1	76.5	0.3	70.2	1.0	61.3	0.7	66.8	1.2
	75-84	68.9	0.0	69.6	0.0	63.2	0.1	75.2	0.3	70.6	0.9	62.9	0.7	66.5	1.1
	85 and over	68.5	0.0	69.2	0.1	62.1	0.2	72.3	0.4	68.7	1.3	64.5	0.8	65.2	1.5
Gender	Male	65.8	0.0	66.5	0.0	61.7	0.1	71.4	0.3	67.9	0.9	60.3	0.6	63.1	1.1
Gender	Female	69.0	0.0	69.9	0.0	63.2	0.1	76.1	0.2	70.4	0.7	62.5	0.4	65.1	0.8

^a. Episodes with final assessments indicating patient remained at home at the conclusion of services. 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 11_1_10_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/nhqrdr11/11_supportive_palliative_care/T11_1_10_2a.html