Table T3_2_1_2-1

2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

This appendix provides detailed data tables for all measures analyzed for the 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Tables are included for measures discussed in the main text of the reports as well as for other measures that were examined but not included in the main text.

Table 3_2_1_2.1
Surgical discharges with an adverse event of postoperative nosocomial pneumonia, age 18 and over, United States, 2009–2010^a
		2010			2009
Population group		Sample size	Percent	SE	Sample size	Percent	SE
Total		9,444	2.32	0.16	6,087	1.84	0.17
Age	Under 65	5,166	1.57	0.17	3,347	1.14	0.18
	65–74	2,200	2.09	0.31	1,404	1.78	0.35
	75–84	1,539	4.03	0.50	1,040	3.37	0.56
	85 and over	539	5.57	0.99	296	4.73	1.23
Gender	Male	3,415	3.43	0.31	2,163	2.50	0.34
Gender	Female	6,029	1.69	0.17	3,924	1.48	0.19
Race/ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, White	7,437	2.29	0.17	5,058	1.94	0.19
	Non-Hispanic, Black	1,005	2.49	0.49	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Non-Hispanic, Asian	DSU	DSU	DSU	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Non-Hispanic, AI/AN	DSU	DSU	DSU	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Non-Hispanic, NHOPI	DSU	DSU	DSU	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Hispanic, all races	515	3.11	0.76	DNA	DNA	DNA
Diabetes	Yes	2,215	3.02	0.36	1,355	2.58	0.43
Diabetes	No	7,229	2.10	0.17	4,732	1.63	0.18
Obesity	Yes	2,403	2.25	0.30	1,477	2.44	0.40
	No	7,041	2.34	0.18	4,610	1.65	0.19
Cerebrovascular disease	Yes	863	7.42	0.89	528	5.87	1.02
Cerebrovascular disease	No	8,581	1.81	0.14	5,559	1.46	0.16
CHF/pulmonary edema	Yes	953	8.81	0.92	550	7.82	1.14
CHF/pulmonary edema	No	8,491	1.59	0.14	5,537	1.25	0.15
COPD	Yes	1,247	7.30	0.74	743	5.79	0.86
COPD	No	8,197	1.56	0.14	5,344	1.29	0.15
Smoking	Yes	2,095	3.20	0.39	1,369	2.99	0.46
Smoking	No	7,349	2.07	0.17	4,718	1.50	0.18
Corticosteroids	Yes	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Corticosteroids	No	9,195	2.29	0.16	5,912	1.78	0.17
Coronary artery disease	Yes	2,378	4.54	0.43	1,426	3.23	0.47
Coronary artery disease	No	7,066	1.57	0.15	4,661	1.42	0.17
Renal disease	Yes	896	6.81	0.84	511	6.46	1.09
Renal disease	No	8,548	1.85	0.15	5,576	1.42	0.16

^a Data were sampled from the CMS Reporting Hospital Quality Data for Annual Payment Update (RHQDAPU) program, which includes data for adults 18 years and older who were hospitalized for one of four conditions: heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, pneumonia, and a subset of major surgical procedures. Data for 2009 include records for discharges that occurred from January to September. Data for 2010 include records for discharges that occurred from January to December 2010, excluding Maryland, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian/Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; CHF: congestive heart failure; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System.

Page last reviewed June 2013

Internet Citation: Table T3_2_1_2-1: 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. June 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr12/3_patientsafety/T3_2_1_2-1.html