Table 9_1_6-2

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_6.2
Low-risk long-stay nursing home residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder, 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		48.5	0.1	48.7	0.1	48.3	0.2	42.9	0.8	49.1	0.5	45.2	0.3
Age^a	0–64	33.2	0.1	33.7	0.2	33.4	0.3	32.1	1.4	29.9	1.1	29.3	0.5
	65–74	44.0	0.2	43.4	0.2	47.1	0.3	42.1	1.7	47.2	1.2	41.4	0.6
	75–84	50.9	0.1	50.6	0.1	53.7	0.3	45.0	1.4	51.8	0.8	49.4	0.5
	85 and over	52.6	0.1	52.0	0.1	58.9	0.3	50.9	1.4	54.8	0.7	55.4	0.5
Gender^a	Male	44.5	0.1	45.6	0.1	41.7	0.2	39.3	1.1	45.6	0.8	39.7	0.4
Gender^a	Female	50.2	0.1	49.8	0.1	53.1	0.2	45.5	1.0	51.1	0.6	49.6	0.4

^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_6-2: 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_6-2.html