Table T3_3_1_8-2

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_3_1_8.2
Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with expected low mortality,^a age 18 and over or obstetric admissions,^b by race/ethnicity, United States, 2009
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		White		Black		API		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		0.43	0.01	0.41	0.01	0.54	0.02	0.35	0.05	0.45	0.03
Age	18–44	0.19	0.01	0.14	0.01	0.29	0.01	0.15	0.03	0.26	0.01
	45–64	0.62	0.03	0.62	0.03	0.71	0.05	DSU	DSU	0.39	0.08
	65 and over	1.89	0.05	2.02	0.05	1.62	0.13	1.76	0.33	1.07	0.17
	65–69	0.79	0.07	0.69	0.08	1.52	0.18	3.60	0.55	DSU	DSU
	70–74	1.19	0.08	1.14	0.09	0.96	0.22	2.08	0.55	1.58	0.28
	75–79	1.72	0.10	1.91	0.11	1.39	0.28	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	80–84	2.12	0.12	2.15	0.14	2.17	0.38	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	85 and over	3.54	0.13	3.83	0.14	2.39	0.44	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	0.93	0.03	1.07	0.04	0.61	0.06	1.03	0.25	0.54	0.09
Gender	Female	0.37	0.01	0.39	0.01	0.44	0.02	0.20	0.04	0.28	0.02
Median income of patient's ZIP Code	First quartile (lowest income)	0.55	0.01	0.53	0.02	0.62	0.03	DSU	DSU	0.54	0.04
	Second quartile	0.43	0.02	0.43	0.02	0.39	0.05	DSU	DSU	0.43	0.05
	Third quartile	0.38	0.02	0.36	0.02	0.38	0.05	0.62	0.10	0.48	0.05
	Fourth quartile (highest income)	0.34	0.02	0.32	0.02	0.65	0.06	DSU	DSU	0.25	0.07
Location of patient residence	Large central metropolitan	0.38	0.01	0.34	0.02	0.43	0.03	0.26	0.07	0.47	0.04
	Large fringe metropolitan	0.38	0.02	0.35	0.02	0.58	0.04	0.45	0.12	0.29	0.06
	Medium metropolitan	0.46	0.02	0.44	0.02	0.56	0.07	DSU	DSU	0.37	0.07
	Small metropolitan	0.41	0.03	0.39	0.03	0.65	0.10	DSU	DSU	0.46	0.12
	Micropolitan	0.51	0.02	0.46	0.03	0.79	0.10	DSU	DSU	1.09	0.12
	Nonmetropolitan	0.71	0.03	0.71	0.03	1.16	0.11	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Expected payment source	Private insurance	0.36	0.02	0.32	0.02	0.51	0.05	DSU	DSU	0.33	0.06
	Medicare	0.39	0.01	0.40	0.01	0.37	0.03	0.43	0.08	0.26	0.04
	Medicaid	0.66	0.02	0.65	0.03	0.82	0.05	DSU	DSU	0.62	0.05
	Other insurance	0.60	0.06	0.50	0.07	1.19	0.14	1.49	0.42	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured/self-pay/no charge	0.84	0.04	0.78	0.06	0.79	0.10	DSU	DSU	1.47	0.11
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	0.36	0.02	0.36	0.02	0.42	0.05	0.48	0.14	0.27	0.06
	Midwest	0.37	0.02	0.36	0.02	0.33	0.04	DSU	DSU	0.60	0.09
	South	0.54	0.01	0.50	0.02	0.72	0.03	0.69	0.13	0.52	0.04
	West	0.38	0.02	0.37	0.02	0.40	0.07	DSU	DSU	0.44	0.04
Ownership/control of hospital	Private, not for profit	0.40	0.01	0.39	0.01	0.47	0.03	0.27	0.06	0.43	0.03
	Private, for profit	0.46	0.02	0.41	0.02	0.67	0.05	0.73	0.13	0.42	0.05
	Public	0.59	0.02	0.56	0.03	0.74	0.06	DSU	DSU	0.63	0.07
Teaching status of hospital	Teaching	0.42	0.01	0.40	0.02	0.46	0.03	0.48	0.10	0.48	0.05
Teaching status of hospital	Nonteaching	0.44	0.01	0.42	0.01	0.59	0.03	0.29	0.06	0.44	0.03
Location of hospital	Large central metropolitan	0.41	0.01	0.37	0.02	0.48	0.03	0.25	0.07	0.48	0.03
	Large fringe metropolitan	0.36	0.02	0.33	0.02	0.51	0.04	0.51	0.12	0.30	0.06
	Medium metropolitan	0.45	0.02	0.42	0.02	0.60	0.07	DSU	DSU	0.42	0.07
	Small metropolitan	0.40	0.02	0.36	0.03	0.72	0.09	DSU	DSU	0.62	0.11
	Micropolitan	0.49	0.02	0.47	0.03	0.80	0.10	DSU	DSU	0.56	0.13
	Nonmetropolitan	0.97	0.04	1.01	0.04	0.73	0.15	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Bed size of hospital	Less than 100	0.49	0.02	0.50	0.02	0.58	0.09	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	100–299	0.40	0.01	0.40	0.01	0.47	0.04	0.44	0.08	0.37	0.04
	300–499	0.41	0.02	0.36	0.02	0.59	0.04	DSU	DSU	0.57	0.05
	500 or more	0.48	0.02	0.45	0.02	0.55	0.04	0.49	0.14	0.49	0.06

^a Consistent with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Safety Indicators (PSI) software, admissions with expected low mortality are identified by Medicare severity diagnosis-related group (MS-DRG) or DRG, depending on the date of discharge. Excludes admissions with cancer, admissions in an immunocompromised state, or admissions involving a traumatic injury.

^b Rates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, comorbidities, diagnosis-related group (DRG), and transfers into the hospital. When reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender, comorbidities, DRG, and transfers into the hospital; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age, comorbidities, DRG, and transfers into the hospital. The AHRQ PSI software was modified to not use the present on admission (POA) indicators (or estimates of the likelihood of POA for secondary diagnosis).

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

Key: API: Asian or Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, State Inpatient Databases, disparities analysis file, and AHRQ Quality Indicators, modified version 4.1. The analysis file is designed to provide national estimates on disparities using weighted records from a sample of hospitals from the following 36 States: Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

Page last reviewed June 2013

Internet Citation: Table T3_3_1_8-2: 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_3_1_8-2.html