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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_21.3
Short-stay^a nursing home residents with delirium, by race/ethnicity, 2009^b
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		White		Black		AI/AN		API		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		2.21	0.01	2.29	0.01	1.91	0.04	2.44	0.22	1.44	0.09	1.41	0.05
Age^c	0-64	2.03	0.06	2.10	0.07	2.01	0.13	2.85	0.85	DSU	DSU	1.55	0.21
	65-74	2.13	0.05	2.23	0.05	2.06	0.11	2.88	0.71	1.23	0.28	1.25	0.15
	75-84	2.49	0.03	2.58	0.04	2.43	0.10	2.80	0.63	1.50	0.22	1.47	0.12
	85 and over	2.85	0.03	2.96	0.04	2.41	0.11	3.47	0.74	1.04	0.18	1.63	0.15
Gender^c	Male	2.34	0.02	2.46	0.02	1.97	0.06	2.34	0.34	1.35	0.14	1.49	0.08
Gender^c	Female	2.14	0.02	2.21	0.02	1.87	0.05	2.51	0.29	1.49	0.12	1.34	0.07

^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. Age, gender, and race/ethnicity categories exclude records with missing values.

DSU: Data do no meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

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_21_3: 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_21_3.html