T11_1_18_2

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_18.2
High-risk^a long-stay^b nursing home residents who have pressure sores, United States, 2000-2006^c
		2006		2005		2004		2003		2002		2001		2000
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		12.5	0.04	13.1	0.04	13.5	0.04	13.9	0.04	13.7	0.04	13.8	0.04	13.9	0.04
Age^d	0-64	15.0	0.12	15.7	0.13	16.1	0.13	15.9	0.13	15.3	0.13	15.2	0.14	15.3	0.14
	65-74	14.7	0.12	14.9	0.13	15.2	0.13	15.5	0.13	15.4	0.13	15.5	0.13	15.0	0.13
	75-84	12.9	0.07	13.5	0.07	13.8	0.07	14.3	0.07	14.3	0.07	14.3	0.07	14.5	0.08
	85 and over	11.1	0.05	11.7	0.06	12.2	0.06	12.7	0.06	12.6	0.06	12.8	0.06	12.9	0.06
Gender^d	Male	15.4	0.08	16.1	0.08	16.6	0.09	16.9	0.09	16.5	0.09	16.5	0.09	16.7	0.09
Gender^d	Female	11.5	0.04	12.0	0.04	12.4	0.05	12.8	0.05	12.7	0.05	12.9	0.05	13.0	0.05
Race/ethnicity^d	Non-Hispanic, White	11.9	0.04	12.5	0.04	12.9	0.04	13.3	0.04	13.1	0.04	13.2	0.04	13.3	0.05
	Non-Hispanic, Black	16.3	0.12	16.7	0.12	16.8	0.12	17.3	0.13	17.5	0.13	17.7	0.13	17.6	0.13
	Non-Hispanic, AI/AN	14.4	0.62	13.4	0.61	15.5	0.63	16.7	0.70	15.5	0.68	15.4	0.68	16.9	0.70
	Non-Hispanic, API	11.2	0.30	11.4	0.31	11.2	0.32	12.1	0.34	12.1	0.35	12.2	0.36	12.5	0.38
	Hispanic, all races	13.5	0.20	14.2	0.21	14.6	0.22	14.8	0.23	15.1	0.24	15.4	0.25	15.2	0.26

^a. High-risk residents are those who are in a coma, do not get the nutrients needed to maintain good skin health, or cannot change position on their own.

^b. Long-stay residents typically enter a nursing facility because they can no longer 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. Excludes records with unknown age, gender, and race/ethnicity.

Additional detail may be found in the Measure Specifications appendix.

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_18_2: 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_18_2.html