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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_14.1
Short-stay^a nursing home residents who were assessed and received a pneumococcal vaccination, United States, 2006-2009^b
		2009		2008		2007		2006
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		81.6	0.0	77.8	0.0	73.0	0.1	64.4	0.1
Age^c	0-64	71.2	0.2	66.3	0.2	60.4	0.2	51.3	0.2
	65-74	79.7	0.1	75.5	0.1	70.3	0.1	61.2	0.1
	75-84	82.7	0.1	78.8	0.1	74.2	0.1	65.4	0.1
	85 and over	84.1	0.1	80.6	0.1	76.1	0.1	67.8	0.1
Gender^c	Male	79.4	0.1	75.4	0.1	70.4	0.1	61.8	0.1
Gender^c	Female	82.8	0.1	79.1	0.1	74.4	0.1	65.7	0.1
Race/ethnicity^c	Non-Hispanic, White	83.1	0.0	79.4	0.1	74.9	0.1	66.5	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	72.4	0.2	67.5	0.2	60.7	0.2	49.4	0.2
	Non-Hispanic, AI/AN	81.5	0.7	74.3	0.8	69.2	0.8	60.3	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, API	77.4	0.4	72.6	0.4	66.6	0.5	58.3	0.5
	Hispanic, all races	73.0	0.3	70.1	0.3	65.3	0.3	56.2	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 third quarter of each calendar 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.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: T11_1_14_1: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/11_supportive_palliative_care/T11_1_14_1.html