T12_3_10_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 12_3_10.1
Patients with hospital-acquired pressure ulcers, United States, 2004-2007 and 2009^a
		2009			2007		2006		2005		2004
Population group		Sample size	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		17,975	5.18	0.17	3.91	0.12	5.01	0.14	4.94	0.14	3.99	0.12
Age	Under 65	7,185	2.52	0.18	1.98	0.21	3.34	0.27	3.33	0.28	2.34	0.24
	65-74	3,777	5.06	0.36	2.54	0.18	3.70	0.21	3.62	0.21	2.90	0.19
	75-84	4,031	7.19	0.41	4.54	0.22	5.43	0.24	5.19	0.23	4.57	0.22
	85 and over	2,982	9.02	0.52	6.79	0.36	8.02	0.40	8.17	0.40	6.28	0.37
Gender	Male	7,966	4.75	0.24	3.86	0.18	4.99	0.20	4.67	0.20	3.93	0.19
Gender	Female	10,009	5.53	0.23	3.95	0.16	5.03	0.18	5.15	0.18	4.04	0.17
Race	White	14,721	5.41	0.19	3.99	0.13	5.09	0.15	4.98	0.15	4.10	0.14
	Black	1,934	4.45	0.47	2.91	0.34	4.74	0.42	4.72	0.04	3.65	0.38
	Other	1,320	3.64	0.52	4.39	0.52	4.45	0.53	4.70	0.55	3.00	0.46
Diabetes	Yes	5,890	7.03	0.33	4.71	0.23	6.39	0.26	5.89	0.26	5.21	0.25
Diabetes	No	12,085	4.28	0.18	3.50	0.14	4.32	0.15	4.49	0.16	3.42	0.14
Obesity	Yes	3,758	5.4	0.37	3.88	0.33	6.25	0.42	5.45	0.42	4.17	0.38
Obesity	No	14,217	5.12	0.18	3.91	0.13	4.83	0.14	4.87	0.14	3.97	0.13
Cerebrovascular disease	Yes	2,684	9.54	0.57	5.49	0.29	7.80	0.35	7.39	0.34	5.89	0.30
Cerebrovascular disease	No	15,291	4.41	0.17	3.42	0.13	4.21	0.14	4.22	0.14	3.40	0.13
CHF/pulmonary edema	Yes	6,601	7.82	0.33	5.85	0.27	7.57	0.30	7.76	0.31	6.52	0.29
CHF/pulmonary edema	No	11,374	3.65	0.18	3.13	0.13	3.95	0.14	3.77	0.14	2.95	0.13
COPD	Yes	5,337	7.03	0.35	4.77	0.26	6.14	0.27	5.59	0.26	4.78	0.24
COPD	No	12,638	4.4	0.18	3.60	0.13	4.52	0.15	4.65	0.16	3.65	0.14
Smoking	Yes	4,225	4.47	0.32	2.87	0.26	4.47	0.32	3.99	0.31	3.41	0.29
Smoking	No	13,750	5.4	0.19	4.11	0.13	5.12	0.15	5.11	0.15	4.10	0.14
Corticosteroids	Yes	1,261	6.74	0.71	5.11	0.49	5.62	0.50	6.61	0.54	6.01	0.54
Corticosteroids	No	16,714	5.06	0.17	3.81	0.12	4.96	0.14	4.79	0.14	3.82	0.13
Coronary artery disease	Yes	8,073	6.13	0.27	4.40	0.19	5.47	0.22	5.59	0.22	4.74	0.20
Coronary artery disease	No	9,902	4.4	0.21	3.53	0.15	4.68	0.17	4.45	0.17	3.39	0.15
Renal disease	Yes	3,882	9.22	0.46	5.95	0.29	8.85	0.34	9.10	0.36	7.19	0.36
Renal disease	No	14,093	4.07	0.17	3.21	0.13	3.63	0.14	3.59	0.13	3.14	0.12

^a. Data were not collected in 2008. The 2004-2007 data include Medicare beneficiaries discharged from January to December and the 2009 data include Medicare beneficiaries discharged from January to September.

Key: CHF: congestive heart failure; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: T12_3_10_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/nhqrdr11/12_patientsafety/T12_3_10_1.html