Table 11_1_12_2

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_12.2
Short-stay^a nursing home residents given influenza vaccination during the flu season, by race/ethnicity, United States, 2009^b
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		White		Black		AI/AN		API		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		84.6	0.0	85.8	0.0	77.7	0.1	83.5	0.6	83.2	0.3	78.8	0.2
Age^c	0-64	78.5	0.1	80.3	0.2	73.4	0.3	79.9	1.6	74.1	1.5	76.2	0.6
	65-74	82.9	0.1	84.3	0.1	77.4	0.3	82.8	1.2	80.8	0.8	77.7	0.5
	75-84	85.1	0.1	86.1	0.1	78.8	0.3	84.7	1.1	83.9	0.6	78.7	0.4
	85 and over	86.6	0.1	87.4	0.1	80.1	0.3	85.4	1.2	85.5	0.5	81.7	0.4
Gender^c	Male	83.0	0.1	84.3	0.1	76.5	0.2	81.6	1.0	81.8	0.6	78.3	0.4
Gender^c	Female	85.5	0.1	86.6	0.1	78.6	0.2	84.9	0.8	84.1	0.4	79.2	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. Age, gender, and race/ethnicity categories exclude records with missing values.

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_2: 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_2.html