Table 9_1_1-2

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 9_1_1.2
Long-stay nursing home residents who have moderate to severe pain, by race/ethnicity,^a United States, 2006^b
Population group		Total		Non-Hispanic								Hispanic, all races
		Total		White		Black		AI/AN		API		Hispanic, all races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		7.8	0.0	8.1	0.0	6.6	0.1	10.2	0.4	3.8	0.1	6.4	0.1
Age^a	0–64	11.6	0.1	12.9	0.1	9.3	0.1	14.6	0.9	5.6	0.4	9.1	0.3
	65–74	9.7	0.1	10.9	0.1	6.8	0.1	10.6	0.9	4.6	0.4	6.7	0.3
	75–84	7.7	0.0	8.2	0.1	5.7	0.1	8.9	0.7	4.1	0.3	5.8	0.2
	85 and over	6.0	0.0	6.2	0.0	4.8	0.1	7.3	0.6	2.5	0.2	4.9	0.2
Gender^a	Male	7.1	0.0	7.4	0.1	6.2	0.1	9.1	0.6	3.6	0.2	6.2	0.2
Gender^a	Female	8.0	0.0	8.3	0.0	6.8	0.1	11.1	0.5	3.9	0.2	6.6	0.2

^a Age, gender, and race/ethnicity categories exclude records with missing values.

^b Data reflect care for the third quarter of each calendar year.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; API: Asian or Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Minimum Data Set.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 9_1_1-2: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/9_nursinghome_homehealth_hospice/T9_1_1-2.html