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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_20.1
Short-stay^a nursing home residents with pressure sores, United States, 2007-2009^b
		2009			2008			2007
Population group		Sample size	Percent	SE	Sample size	Percent	SE	Sample size	Percent	SE
Total		1,271,875	17.8	0.0	1,241,797	18.9	0.0	1,178,948	19.5	0.0
Age^c	0-64	110,032	17.1	0.1	100,685	18.3	0.1	92,495	18.9	0.1
	65-74	219,990	16.6	0.1	207,221	17.8	0.1	192,216	18.4	0.1
	75-84	443,075	17.2	0.1	442,858	18.3	0.1	430,758	19.0	0.1
	85 and over	458,314	19.1	0.1	451,866	19.9	0.1	426,279	20.5	0.1
Gender^c	Female	830,965	16.7	0.0	816,437	17.8	0.0	779,189	18.3	0.0
Gender^c	Male	440,038	20.0	0.1	424,544	21.1	0.1	399,082	21.8	0.1
Race/ethnicity^c	Non-Hispanic, White	1,072,603	17.3	0.0	1,051,192	18.4	0.0	999,712	19.0	0.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	121,525	20.8	0.1	116,836	22.0	0.1	110,583	22.7	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, AI/AN	4,401	18.4	0.6	4,227	19.7	0.6	4,162	21.0	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, API	15,311	19.4	0.3	14,170	20.9	0.3	12,732	20.8	0.4
	Hispanic, all races	43,390	21.0	0.2	41,366	22.1	0.2	38,951	23.3	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_20_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_20_1.html