Table 12_3_7-1

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 12_3_7.1
Transfusion reactions per 1,000 discharges or obstetric admissions, age 18 and over,^a United States, 2000, 2004-2007
		2007		2006		2005		2004		2000
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		0.004	0.001	0.004	0.001	0.005	0.001	0.004	0.001	0.004	0.001
Age	18-44	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	45-64	DSU	DSU	0.008	0.002	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	65 and over	0.005	0.001	DSU	DSU	0.005	0.001	0.005	0.001	0.005	0.001
Gender	Male	0.006	0.001	0.005	0.001	0.007	0.002	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Female	0.003	0.001	0.003	0.001	0.003	0.001	0.005	0.001	0.004	0.001
Median income of patient's ZIP Code	First quartile (lowest income)	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	0.007	0.002
	Second quartile	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Third quartile	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Fourth quartile (highest income)	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of patient residence	Large central metropolitan	DSU	DSU	0.006	0.002	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Large fringe metropolitan	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medium metropolitan	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Small metropolitan	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Expected payment source	Private	DSU	DSU	0.006	0.002	DSU	DSU	0.007	0.002	DSU	DSU
	Medicare	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	0.006	0.001	0.004	0.001	0.006	0.001
	Medicaid	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Other	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured/self-pay/no charge	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Midwest	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	South	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	0.005	0.001	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	West	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ownership/control of hospital	Private, not for profit	0.004	0.001	0.003	0.001	0.005	0.001	0.005	0.001	0.005	0.001
	Private, for profit	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Public	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Teaching status of hospital	Teaching	DSU	DSU	0.005	0.002	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Teaching status of hospital	Nonteaching	0.003	0.001	0.003	0.001	0.004	0.001	0.004	0.001	0.004	0.001
Location of hospital	Large central metropolitan	DSU	DSU	0.006	0.002	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Large fringe metropolitan	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medium metropolitan	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Small metropolitan	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Bed size of hospital	Less than 100	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	100-299	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	0.005	0.002
	300-499	0.006	0.002	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	500 or more	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^a Excludes admissions specifically for transfusion reactions, such as cases from earlier admissions or from other hospitals.� No risk adjustment is performed because outcome of interest is a relatively rare event.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample; and AHRQ Quality Indicators, version 3.1.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 12_3_7-1: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/12_patientsafety/T12_3_7-1.html