Table 3_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 3_1_3.1
Adult hemodialysis patients with adequate dialysis (urea reduction ratio 65% or greater),^a United States, 2002 and 2006
Population group		2006			2002
Population group		Number	Percent	SE	Number	Percent	SE
Total		8,739	87	0.4	8,487	86	0.4
Age	18–44	1,258	81	1.1	1,353	80	1.1
	45–64	3,489	85	0.6	3,306	83	0.7
	65 and over	3,991	91	0.5	3,828	90	0.5
Gender	Male	4,910	83	0.5	4,605	81	0.6
Gender	Female	3,829	92	0.4	3,882	91	0.5
Race	White only	4,960	88	0.5	4,632	87	0.5
	Black only	3,184	85	0.6	3,058	83	0.7
	Asian only	312	94	1.3	217	93	1.7
	AI/AN only	149	91	2.3	161	89	2.5
	Multiple races	DNA	DNA	DNA	243	85	2.3
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	7,475	86	0.4	7,251	85	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	3,855	87	0.5	3,709	86	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	3,068	85	0.6	2,988	83	0.7
	Hispanic, all races	1,252	90	0.8	1,140	88	1.0

^a Standard error was calculated based on sample size, assuming random sample design.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, End-Stage Renal Disease Clinical Performance Measures Project.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 3_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/nhqrdr08/3_endstagerenaldisease/T3_1_3-1.html