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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 12_2_1.1
Surgical discharges with postoperative pneumonia events or venous thromboembolic events, United States, 2002-2007 and 2009^a
		2009			2007		2006		2005		2004		2003		2002
Population group		Sample size	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		6,196	2.1	0.2	1.4	0.2	2.7	0.2	2.7	0.2	3.0	0.2	2.7	0.2	3.4	0.2
Age	Under 65	3,391	1.4	0.2	DSU	DSU	2.6	0.5	2.8	0.6	2.1	0.5	DSU	DSU	3.8	0.6
	65-74	1,429	2.0	0.4	1.0	0.2	2.1	0.3	2.0	0.3	2.4	0.3	2.2	0.3	2.5	0.2
	75-84	1,067	3.7	0.6	1.9	0.3	3.1	0.4	3.3	0.4	4.0	0.4	3.4	0.4	4.3	0.3
	85 and over	309	5.2	1.3	DSU	DSU	3.6	0.8	3.2	0.7	2.7	0.7	4.6	0.9	3.0	0.5
Gender	Male	2,217	2.8	0.3	1.7	0.3	3.0	0.3	3.1	0.3	3.7	0.4	2.8	0.3	2.1	0.2
Gender	Female	3,979	1.8	0.2	1.1	0.2	2.4	0.3	2.3	0.3	2.3	0.3	2.7	0.3	5.0	0.3
Race	White	5,145	2.2	0.2	1.3	0.2	2.8	0.2	2.7	0.2	3.0	0.2	2.5	0.2	3.2	0.2
	Black	572	1.9	0.6	DSU	DSU	2.5	0.8	3.1	0.8	2.8	0.8	5.4	1.1	4.3	0.8
	Other	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	4.3	0.9
Diabetes	Yes	1,391	2.9	0.5	1.1	0.3	3.3	0.4	3.2	0.4	3.9	0.5	3.3	0.5	4.6	0.4
Diabetes	No	4,805	1.9	0.2	1.5	0.2	2.5	0.2	2.5	0.2	2.6	0.2	2.5	0.2	2.9	0.2
Obesity	Yes	1,501	2.8	0.4	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
Obesity	No	4,695	1.9	0.2	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
Cerebrovascular disease	Yes	550	6.0	1.0	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
Cerebrovascular disease	No	5,646	1.7	0.2	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
CHF/pulmonary edema	Yes	594	8.2	1.1	2.4	0.5	5.4	0.7	5.1	0.7	7.6	0.9	6.4	0.8	9.3	0.7
CHF/pulmonary edema	No	5,602	1.5	0.2	1.2	0.2	2.1	0.2	2.2	0.2	2.0	0.2	1.9	0.2	2.1	0.2
COPD	Yes	776	6.3	0.9	2.2	0.5	5.4	0.6	4.3	0.6	6.0	0.7	3.5	0.5	6.9	0.5
COPD	No	5,420	1.5	0.2	1.2	0.2	1.9	0.2	2.2	0.2	2.1	0.2	2.5	0.2	2.3	0.2
Smoking	Yes	1,410	3.0	0.5	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
Smoking	No	4,786	1.8	0.2	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
Corticosteroids	Yes	DSU	DSU	DSU	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
Corticosteroids	No	6,013	2.0	0.2	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
Coronary artery disease	Yes	1,482	3.6	0.5	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
Coronary artery disease	No	4,714	1.7	0.2	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
Renal disease	Yes	537	7.3	1.1	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
Renal disease	No	5,659	1.6	0.2	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA

^a. Data were not collected in 2008. The 2002-2007 data include Medicare beneficiaries discharged from January to December and the 2009 data include Medicare beneficiaries discharged from January to September. Venous thromboembolic events include 30-day postoperative readmissions for pneumonia and venous thromboembolic events.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: CHF: congestive heart failure; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: T12_2_1_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/nhqrdr11/12_patientsafety/T12_2_1_1.html