T11_1_7_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_7.2a
Home health care patients who had less shortness of breath, 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		60.1	0.0	60.9	0.0	59.3	0.1	61.8	0.3	63.4	0.8	57.6	0.5	58.4	1.0
Age	0-64	58.0	0.1	58.5	0.1	58.3	0.2	63.5	0.9	62.3	2.1	55.5	1.1	52.8	2.0
	65-74	62.1	0.1	63.5	0.1	60.3	0.2	63.1	0.5	64.6	1.6	60.1	1.0	60.5	1.9
	75-84	60.9	0.1	61.6	0.1	59.8	0.2	61.3	0.4	64.6	1.4	56.7	1.0	60.6	1.7
	85 and over	58.5	0.1	58.8	0.1	58.4	0.3	60.6	0.5	60.6	1.9	58.1	1.2	58.6	2.2
Gender	Male	59.8	0.1	60.6	0.1	58.9	0.2	62.0	0.4	62.9	1.3	57.9	0.9	59.8	1.6
Gender	Female	60.3	0.0	61.1	0.1	59.4	0.1	61.7	0.3	63.8	1.1	57.4	0.7	57.6	1.2

^a. Episodes in which a person's dyspneic status improved 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_7_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_7_2a.html