Table 10_1_3-1

2008 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 10_1_3.1
Surgical discharges with postoperative venous thromboembolic events, United States, 2004 and 2006^a
Population group		2006				2004
Population group		Exposed	Adverse events	Percent	SE	Exposed	Adverse events	Percent	SE
Total		5,752	45	0.78	0.12	5,752	65	1.13	0.14
Age	Under 65	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	65–74	2,293	15	0.65	0.17	2,312	17	0.74	0.18
	75–84	1,973	20	1.01	0.23	2,004	34	1.70	0.29
	85 and over	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	2,569	21	0.82	0.18	2,554	35	1.37	0.23
Gender	Female	3,183	24	0.75	0.15	3,198	30	0.94	0.17
Race	White	5,029	39	0.78	0.12	5,087	56	1.10	0.15
	Black	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Other	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Diabetes	Yes	1,646	15	0.91	0.23	1,541	18	1.17	0.27
Diabetes	No	4,106	30	0.73	0.13	4,211	47	1.12	0.16
Obesity	Yes	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Obesity	No	4,936	41	0.83	0.13	5,064	56	1.11	0.15
Cerebrovascular disease	Yes	*	*	*	*	1,027	13	1.27	0.35
Cerebrovascular disease	No	4,760	38	0.80	0.13	4,725	52	1.10	0.15
CHF/pulmonary edema	Yes	973	15	1.54	0.39	956	17	1.78	0.43
CHF/pulmonary edema	No	4,779	30	0.63	0.11	4,796	48	1.00	0.14
COPD	Yes	1,301	21	1.61	0.35	1,306	20	1.53	0.34
COPD	No	4,451	24	0.54	0.11	4,446	45	1.01	0.15
Smoking	Yes	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Smoking	No	4,868	39	0.80	0.13	4,902	56	1.14	0.15
Cancer	Yes	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	1,623	24	1.48	0.30
Cancer	No	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	4,129	41	0.99	0.15
Corticosteroids	Yes	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Corticosteroids	No	5,480	41	0.75	0.12	5,494	60	1.09	0.14
Coronary artery disease	Yes	2,074	16	0.77	0.19	2,133	35	1.64	0.28
Coronary artery disease	No	3,678	29	0.79	0.15	3,619	30	0.83	0.15
Renal disease	Yes	1,163	17	1.46	0.35	947	20	2.11	0.47
Renal disease	No	4,589	28	0.61	0.11	4,805	45	0.94	0.14

^a Data include Medicare beneficiaries discharged from January to December. Venous thromboembolic events include 30-day postoperative readmissions for pneumonia and venous thromboembolic events. Readmissions were not counted for the 2004 data because the data were not available at that time.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

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

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

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

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 10_1_3-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/10_patientsafety/T10_1_3-1.html