Table 11_1_9-1

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_9.1
Home health care patients who need urgent, unplanned medical care,^a United States, 2004-2008
		2008		2007		2006		2005		2004
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		21.7	0.0	21.2	0.0	21.2	0.0	21.1	0.0	21.1	0.0
Age	0-64	25.9	0.1	25.6	0.1	25.7	0.1	25.4	0.1	25.5	0.1
	65-74	20.6	0.0	20.1	0.0	20.2	0.0	20.2	0.0	20.2	0.0
	75-84	20.9	0.0	20.3	0.0	20.3	0.0	20.2	0.0	20.2	0.0
	85 and over	21.2	0.0	20.6	0.0	20.7	0.0	20.5	0.0	20.5	0.0
Gender	Male	22.8	0.0	22.3	0.0	22.2	0.0	22.1	0.0	22.1	0.0
Gender	Female	21.0	0.0	20.6	0.0	20.6	0.0	20.5	0.0	20.5	0.0
Race^b	White only	21.6	0.0	21.1	0.0	21.1	0.0	20.8	0.0	20.8	0.0
	Black only	24.2	0.1	23.8	0.1	24.0	0.1	24.0	0.1	24.0	0.1
	Asian only	15.6	0.2	15.1	0.2	15.9	0.2	16.4	0.2	16.4	0.2
	NHOPI only	21.7	0.5	20.2	0.5	21.2	0.5	19.1	0.5	19.1	0.5
	AI/AN only	25.8	0.3	24.5	0.3	25.1	0.3	24.6	0.3	25.1	0.3
	Multiple races	22.6	0.6	23.4	0.6	23.0	0.6	21.8	0.6	23.5	0.7
Ethnicity^b	Hispanic, all races	19.7	0.1	19.2	0.1	19.4	0.1	19.9	0.1	20.3	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	21.6	0.0	21.1	0.0	21.1	0.0	20.8	0.0	20.8	0.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	24.2	0.1	23.8	0.1	24.0	0.1	24.0	0.1	24.0	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, other	18.8	0.1	18.0	0.1	18.7	0.1	18.7	0.1	19.0	0.1

^a Episodes with an assessment indicating that urgent or unplanned medical care was initiated.

^b Excludes records with missing values.

Key: NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Outcome and Assessment Information Set.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 11_1_9-1: 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_9-1.html