Table 11_1_12_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_12.1
Short-stay^a nursing home residents given 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		84.6	0.0	81.4	0.0	79.0	0.0	74.9	0.1
Age^c	0-64	78.5	0.1	74.5	0.2	71.0	0.2	66.2	0.2
	65-74	82.9	0.1	79.2	0.1	76.5	0.1	71.9	0.1
	75-84	85.1	0.1	81.8	0.1	79.4	0.1	75.1	0.1
	85 and over	86.6	0.1	83.9	0.1	81.7	0.1	78.1	0.1
Gender^c	Male	83.0	0.1	79.8	0.1	77.0	0.1	72.8	0.1
Gender^c	Female	85.5	0.1	82.4	0.1	80.1	0.1	76.0	0.1
Race/ethnicity^c	Non-Hispanic, White	85.8	0.0	82.6	0.0	80.2	0.0	76.3	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	77.7	0.1	74.1	0.2	70.9	0.2	65.5	0.2
	Non-Hispanic, AI/AN	83.5	0.6	80.7	0.7	78.0	0.7	73.8	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, API	83.2	0.3	81.0	0.4	77.6	0.4	71.8	0.5
	Hispanic, all races	78.8	0.2	76.6	0.2	73.7	0.3	69.6	0.3

^a. Short-stay residents stay fewer than 30 days in a nursing home, typically following an acute care hospitalization.

^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_12_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_12_1.html