Table 11_1_19-2

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_19.2
Low-risk^a long-stay^b nursing home residents who have pressure sores, by race/ethnicity, United States, 2008^c
				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		2.0	0.0	2.1	0.0	1.8	0.1	3.2	0.4	1.1	0.1	1.7	0.1
Age^d	0-64	2.3	0.1	2.4	0.1	2.3	0.1	4.9	0.8	DSU	DSU	2.1	0.2
	65-74	2.0	0.1	2.1	0.1	1.9	0.1	2.8	0.7	DSU	DSU	1.4	0.2
	75-84	1.9	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.4	0.1	2.7	0.6	1.2	0.2	1.3	0.2
	85 and over	2.0	0.0	2.1	0.0	1.6	0.1	2.0	0.6	1.2	0.2	1.8	0.2
Gender^d	Male	2.5	0.0	2.7	0.1	2.2	0.1	4.0	0.6	1.5	0.2	1.9	0.1
Gender^d	Female	1.8	0.0	1.8	0.0	1.5	0.1	2.5	0.4	0.8	0.1	1.4	0.1

^a Low-risk residents are active, can change positions, and are getting the nutrients they need to maintain good skin health.

^b 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.

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

^d 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_19-2: 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_19-2.html