Table 10_1_4-1

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_4.1
Surgical discharges with catheter-associated urinary tract infection, United States, 2006^a
Population group		Exposed	Adverse events	Percent	SE
Total		8,977	480	5.35	0.24
Age	Under 65	1,157	43	3.72	0.56
	65–74	2,891	132	4.57	0.39
	75–84	3,205	188	5.87	0.42
	85 and over	1,724	117	6.79	0.61
Gender	Male	3,703	150	4.05	0.32
Gender	Female	5,274	330	6.26	0.33
Race	White	7,730	390	5.05	0.25
	Black	734	57	7.77	0.99
	Other	513	33	6.43	1.08
Diabetes	Yes	3,017	201	6.66	0.45
Diabetes	No	5,960	279	4.68	0.27
Obesity	Yes	1,324	91	6.87	0.70
Obesity	No	7,653	389	5.08	0.25
Cerebrovascular disease	Yes	2,102	153	7.28	0.57
Cerebrovascular disease	No	6,875	327	4.76	0.26
CHF/pulmonary edema	Yes	2,874	208	7.24	0.48
CHF/pulmonary edema	No	6,103	272	4.46	0.26
COPD	Yes	2,775	158	5.69	0.44
COPD	No	6,202	322	5.19	0.28
Smoking	Yes	1,311	62	4.73	0.59
Smoking	No	7,666	418	5.45	0.26
Corticosteroids	Yes	651	30	4.61	0.82
Corticosteroids	No	8,326	450	5.40	0.25
Coronary artery disease	Yes	3,796	256	6.74	0.41
Coronary artery disease	No	5,181	224	4.32	0.28
Renal disease	Yes	2,475	212	8.57	0.56
Renal disease	No	6,502	268	4.12	0.25

^a Data include Medicare beneficiaries discharged from January to December.

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_4-1: 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_4-1.html