T11_1_16_2a

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_16.2a
Home health care patients who have less pain when moving around, by race,^a United States, 2009
			Single race
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		63.6	0.03	63.4	0.04	64.1	0.09	67.6	0.24	65.1	0.79	60.7	0.50	62.2	0.92
Age	0-64	59.5	0.08	57.9	0.10	62.4	0.16	65.5	0.82	62.4	1.80	57.8	0.92	55.1	1.81
	65-74	63.9	0.06	63.5	0.07	65.4	0.17	67.7	0.45	64.9	1.42	61.3	0.94	66.3	1.72
	75-84	64.8	0.05	64.6	0.06	65.0	0.19	67.4	0.38	66.2	1.37	61.3	0.97	64.6	1.64
	85 and over	64.7	0.07	64.5	0.07	64.0	0.26	68.6	0.51	66.6	1.92	64.2	1.23	62.3	2.30
Gender	Male	65.1	0.05	64.9	0.06	65.6	0.16	70.4	0.40	67.5	1.26	60.1	0.83	63.2	1.55
Gender	Female	62.9	0.04	62.6	0.05	63.3	0.11	66.1	0.30	63.7	1.01	61.1	0.62	61.6	1.14

^a. Episodes in which a person has less pain when moving around compared with a prior assessment. Episodes for people who are at the highest level and cannot improve any more are excluded. Also excludes records with missing race values.

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

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

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: T11_1_16_2a: 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_16_2a.html