Table T5_2_1_4-2b

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 5_2_1_4.2b
Adult hospital patients who did not receive good communication about discharge information,^a by ethnicity, United States, 2011
		Total		Non-Hispanic, all races		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		13.68	0.02	13.49	0.02	13.77	0.07
Age	18–44>	13.24	0.04	13.12	0.05	13.73	0.10
	45–64	13.29	0.04	13.09	0.04	13.67	0.13
	65 and over	14.10	0.03	13.89	0.03	13.93	0.14
Race	White only	13.38	0.02	13.21	0.02	13.76	0.09
	Black only	15.47	0.08	15.19	0.08	15.25	0.42
	Asian only	14.90	0.14	14.89	0.15	13.45	0.66
	NHOPI only	13.99	0.38	13.70	0.44	14.50	0.85
	AI/AN only	15.02	0.23	14.84	0.28	13.98	0.47
	Multiple races	14.06	0.12	14.02	0.13	13.58	0.43
Education^b	Less than high school	13.74	0.05	13.47	0.06	13.10	0.12
	High school graduate	13.26	0.04	13.04	0.04	13.19	0.13
	At least some college	13.84	0.03	13.67	0.03	14.81	0.12
Language at home	English	13.68	0.02	13.47	0.02	14.06	0.10
	Spanish	13.49	0.11	14.49	0.82	13.45	0.11
	Other	13.55	0.15	13.61	0.16	12.43	0.50

^a Good communication about discharge information means hospital staff talked with patients about help they might need and provided patients information in writing about potential symptoms after discharge.

^b Less than high school refers to fewer than 12 years of education; high school graduate, 12 years of education; and at least some college, more than 12 years of education.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems.

Page last reviewed June 2013

Internet Citation: Table T5_2_1_4-2b: 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. June 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr12/5_patientcenteredness/T5_2_1_4-2b.html