Table 11_1_11-2

2010 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 11_1_11.2
Long-stay^a nursing home residents who received an influenza vaccination during the flu season, by race/ethnicity, United States, 2008^b
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		White		Black		AI/AN		API		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		88.3	0.0	89.3	0.0	84.2	0.1	88.1	0.4	87.5	0.2	84.3	0.1
Age^c	0-64	81.3	0.1	82.5	0.1	78.7	0.2	84.5	0.8	82.6	0.6	81.1	0.3
	65-74	86.2	0.1	87.1	0.1	84.2	0.2	88.4	0.9	84.4	0.6	82.7	0.3
	75-84	88.6	0.1	89.3	0.1	86.1	0.2	89.1	0.7	87.2	0.4	85.5	0.3
	85 and over	91.2	0.0	91.7	0.0	88.1	0.2	91.2	0.7	90.9	0.3	86.9	0.3
Gender^c	Male	85.7	0.1	86.7	0.1	82.6	0.1	86.8	0.6	84.9	0.4	83.3	0.2
Gender^c	Female	89.6	0.0	90.5	0.0	85.2	0.1	89.1	0.5	89.1	0.3	85.1	0.2

^a Long-stay residents typically enter a nursing facility because they are no longer able to care for themselves at home. They tend to stay in the facility for several months or years.

^b Data reflect care for the flu season (October - March) each year.

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

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.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 11_1_11-2: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/11_supportive_palliative_care/T11_1_11-2.html