Table 11_1_11_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_11.1
Long-stay^a nursing home residents who received an influenza vaccination during the flu season, United States, 2006-2009^b
		2009		2008		2007		2006
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		90.0	0.0	88.3	0.0	87.0	0.0	85.3	0.0
Age^c	0-64	84.1	0.1	81.3	0.1	79.2	0.1	76.3	0.1
	65-74	87.9	0.1	86.2	0.1	84.7	0.1	82.5	0.1
	75-84	90.3	0.1	88.6	0.1	87.4	0.1	85.7	0.1
	85 and over	92.7	0.0	91.2	0.0	90.1	0.0	89.1	0.0
Gender^c	Male	87.8	0.1	85.7	0.1	84.2	0.1	82.0	0.1
Gender^c	Female	91.1	0.0	89.6	0.0	88.3	0.0	86.9	0.0
Race/ethnicity^c	Non-Hispanic, White	91.0	0.0	89.3	0.0	88.1	0.0	86.6	0.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	86.3	0.1	84.2	0.1	82.5	0.1	79.8	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, AI/AN	89.8	0.4	88.1	0.4	88.0	0.4	85.8	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, API	89.1	0.2	87.5	0.2	85.8	0.2	83.0	0.2
	Hispanic, all races	86.0	0.1	84.3	0.1	82.5	0.2	80.3	0.2

^a. Long-stay residents typically enter a nursing facility because they can no longer care for themselves at home. They tend to stay in the facility for several months or years.

^b. Data reflect care for the flu season (October-March) each year.

^c. Excludes records with unknown age, gender, and race/ethnicity.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; API: Asian or Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Minimum Data Set.

Current as of March 2012

Internet Citation: Table 11_1_11_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_11_1.html