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2011 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_15.1
Short-stay^a nursing home residents who had moderate to severe pain, United States, 2007-2009^b
		2009			2008			2007
Population group		Sample size	Percent	SE	Sample size	Percent	SE	Sample size	Percent	SE
Total		1,427,715	20.1	0.0	1,396,256	21.0	0.0	1,325,934	21.6	0.0
Age^c	0-64	56,981	27.6	0.2	54,926	28.6	0.2	53,129	29.6	0.2
	65-74	103,288	23.0	0.1	103,261	23.9	0.1	100,238	25.4	0.1
	75-84	214,328	17.6	0.1	223,748	18.8	0.1	228,620	19.9	0.1
	85 and over	248,570	13.4	0.1	254,488	14.3	0.1	249,598	15.3	0.1
Gender^c	Female	926,886	22.1	0.0	913,244	23.1	0.0	871,484	23.8	0.1
Gender^c	Male	500,128	16.4	0.1	482,347	17.1	0.1	453,887	17.4	0.1
Race/ethnicity^c	Non-Hispanic, White	1,196,085	20.9	0.0	1,173,722	21.8	0.0	1,116,440	22.4	0.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	144,597	15.5	0.1	139,678	16.2	0.1	132,454	16.5	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, AI/AN	4,937	23.5	0.6	4,785	24.2	0.6	4,660	25.0	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, API	17,471	14.2	0.3	16,286	14.5	0.3	14,639	15.4	0.3
	Hispanic, all races	50,045	17.0	0.2	47,964	17.3	0.2	45,025	17.7	0.2

^a. Short-stay residents stay fewer than 30 days in a nursing home, typically following an acute care hospitalization.

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

^c. Excludes records with unknown age, gender, and race/ethnicity.

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: T11_1_15_1: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/11_supportive_palliative_care/T11_1_15_1.html