T11_1_22_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_22.2a
Home health care patients who were admitted to the hospital, 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		28.8	0.02	27.8	0.02	34.5	0.06	22.6	0.16	27.1	0.52	34.5	0.33	31.8	0.61
Age	0-64	35.0	0.05	34.7	0.07	36.2	0.11	28.5	0.55	31.3	1.21	37.5	0.64	37.8	1.24
	65-74	28.0	0.04	27.2	0.05	33.3	0.12	20.5	0.30	26.8	0.96	35.2	0.64	29.9	1.20
	75-84	27.6	0.04	26.9	0.04	33.9	0.12	21.6	0.25	25.0	0.87	33.3	0.63	29.0	1.09
	85 and over	26.9	0.04	26.2	0.05	34.1	0.16	24.1	0.33	26.7	1.21	30.1	0.78	30.4	1.40
Gender	Male	30.6	0.04	29.8	0.04	35.3	0.10	25.4	0.26	28.4	0.82	35.8	0.54	33.0	1.02
Gender	Female	27.7	0.03	26.6	0.03	34.1	0.08	20.7	0.20	26.2	0.66	33.6	0.42	31.1	0.77

^a. Episodes in which a person was hospitalized for an acute condition while receiving home health care services. Reason for hospitalization may be for emergent, urgent, or elective medical care.

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_22_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_22_2a.html