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Table 2.17
Decubitus ulcers per 1,000 discharges of length 5 or more days (excluding paralysis patients, patients admitted from long-term care facilities, patients with diseases of the skin, subcutaneous tissue, and breast, and obstetrical admissions), United States, 2001 and 2003
| |
|
2003 |
2001 |
| Population group |
Ratea |
Standard error |
Ratea |
Standard error |
| Total |
24.4 |
0.2 |
22.8 |
0.2 |
| Age |
0-17 |
2.9 |
0.6 |
3.3 |
0.6 |
| 18-44 |
5.2 |
0.4 |
5.3 |
0.4 |
| 45-64 |
12.6 |
0.3 |
12.3 |
0.3 |
| 65 and over |
27.2 |
0.3 |
24.8 |
0.3 |
| Age |
65-69 |
19.0 |
0.5 |
16.4 |
0.5 |
| 70-74 |
21.8 |
0.5 |
19.8 |
0.4 |
| 75-79 |
25.6 |
0.4 |
23.1 |
0.4 |
| 80-84 |
29.3 |
0.5 |
27.4 |
0.5 |
| 85 and over |
37.1 |
0.5 |
34.3 |
0.5 |
| Gender |
Male |
24.3 |
0.2 |
22.7 |
0.2 |
| Female |
24.5 |
0.2 |
23.0 |
0.2 |
| Median income of patient's ZIP Code |
Less than $25,000 |
30.2 |
0.5 |
26.5 |
0.4 |
| $25,000-$34,999 |
25.4 |
0.3 |
22.3 |
0.3 |
| $35,000-$44,999 |
22.8 |
0.2 |
22.4 |
0.2 |
| $45,000 or more |
24.4 |
0.2 |
22.8 |
0.2 |
| Location of patient residence |
Metropolitan-large |
27.3 |
0.2 |
25.7 |
0.2 |
| Metropolitan-small |
21.7 |
0.2 |
20.3 |
0.2 |
| Micropolitan |
20.2 |
0.4 |
18.1 |
0.4 |
| Noncore |
18.9 |
0.4 |
17.0 |
0.4 |
| Expected payment source |
Private insurance |
21.2 |
0.2 |
20.6 |
0.2 |
| Medicare |
25.8 |
0.2 |
23.5 |
0.2 |
| Medicaid |
26.6 |
0.2 |
25.9 |
0.3 |
| Other insurance |
21.3 |
0.5 |
20.8 |
0.5 |
| Uninsured/self pay/no charge |
19.5 |
0.4 |
19.5 |
0.4 |
| Region of inpatient treatment |
Northeast |
28.3 |
0.2 |
25.2 |
0.2 |
| Midwest |
19.5 |
0.3 |
20.4 |
0.3 |
| South |
24.3 |
0.2 |
22.3 |
0.2 |
| West |
26.2 |
0.3 |
24.2 |
0.3 |
| Ownership/control of hospital |
Private, not-for-profit |
24.5 |
0.2 |
22.6 |
0.2 |
| Private, for-profit |
25.4 |
0.3 |
25.4 |
0.3 |
| Public |
23.0 |
0.3 |
21.8 |
0.3 |
| Teaching status of hospital |
Teaching |
27.2 |
0.2 |
25.5 |
0.2 |
| Non-teaching |
23.0 |
0.2 |
21.4 |
0.2 |
| Location of hospital |
Metropolitan-large |
27.0 |
0.2 |
25.6 |
0.2 |
| Metropolitan-small |
21.2 |
0.2 |
19.9 |
0.2 |
| Micropolitan |
19.5 |
0.4 |
16.7 |
0.4 |
| Noncore |
19.7 |
0.7 |
17.3 |
0.7 |
| Bed size of hospital |
Less than 100 |
20.9 |
0.4 |
19.6 |
0.4 |
| 100-299 |
23.1 |
0.2 |
21.2 |
0.2 |
| 300-499 |
25.2 |
0.2 |
25.0 |
0.2 |
| 500 or more |
27.1 |
0.2 |
24.7 |
0.2 |
a Estimates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, comorbidities, and DRG clusters. When reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender, comorbidities, and DRG clusters; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age, comorbidities, and DRG clusters.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample.
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