Table 9_1_16-2

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_16.2
Long-stay nursing home residents given influenza vaccination during the flu season, 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		85.3	0.0	86.6	0.0	79.8	0.1	85.8	0.4	83.0	0.2	80.3	0.2
Age^a	0–64	76.3	0.1	77.9	0.1	72.3	0.2	81.0	0.9	76.9	0.7	76.2	0.3
	65–74	82.5	0.1	83.7	0.1	79.7	0.2	85.5	0.9	79.5	0.7	78.8	0.4
	75–84	85.7	0.1	86.5	0.1	82.2	0.2	87.1	0.7	83.3	0.4	81.0	0.3
	85 and over	89.1	0.0	89.7	0.0	84.8	0.2	89.7	0.7	86.8	0.4	84.0	0.3
Gender^a	Male	82.0	0.1	83.3	0.1	77.8	0.2	84.4	0.6	80.3	0.4	79.1	0.3
Gender^a	Female	86.9	0.0	88.0	0.0	81.1	0.1	86.9	0.5	84.5	0.3	81.2	0.2

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

^b Data reflect care of the flu season (October - March) each 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_16-2: 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_16-2.html