T12_4_5_1

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_4_5.1
Hospital patients with adverse drug events with hypoglycemic agents, including insulin, oral hypoglycemic, or combination of both, United States, 2004-2007 and 2009^a
		2009			2007		2006		2005		2004
Population group		Sample size	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		5,960	11.6	0.4	7.8	0.3	12.4	0.4	11.3	0.4	10.7	0.4
Age	Under 65	2,088	9.8	0.7	8.9	0.7	14.3	0.9	13.4	0.9	12.5	0.9
	65-74	1,615	12.1	0.8	7.5	0.5	11.4	0.6	10.1	0.6	10.1	0.6
	75-84	1,485	13.1	0.9	7.9	0.5	12.4	0.6	11.4	0.6	10.7	0.6
	85 and over	772	12.8	1.2	6.8	0.8	11.9	1.0	10.9	1.0	9.9	1.0
Gender	Male	2,978	11.0	0.6	7.4	0.4	12.0	0.5	10.6	0.5	11.0	0.6
Gender	Female	2,982	12.2	0.6	8.2	0.4	12.7	0.5	11.9	0.5	10.5	0.5
Race	White	4,709	11.1	0.5	7.4	0.3	11.6	0.4	10.7	0.4	10.1	0.4
	Black	738	14.8	1.3	10.2	0.9	16.5	1.1	15.5	1.2	15.4	1.2
	Other	513	11.7	1.4	8.4	1.1	13.5	1.4	10.6	1.3	8.7	1.3
Diabetes	Yes	4,855	12.9	0.5	8.6	0.3	13.5	0.4	12.3	0.4	11.7	0.4
Diabetes	No	1,105	6.2	0.7	3.9	0.5	6.1	0.7	5.7	0.7	4.2	0.7
Obesity	Yes	1,902	10.6	0.7	7.6	0.6	12.7	0.8	11.9	0.8	10.5	0.8
Obesity	No	4,058	12.1	0.5	7.9	0.3	12.3	0.4	11.1	0.4	10.8	0.4
Cerebrovascular disease	Yes	1,159	16.2	1.1	8.4	0.6	14.3	0.8	12.6	0.7	11.8	0.7
Cerebrovascular disease	No	4,801	10.5	0.4	7.6	0.3	11.7	0.4	10.8	0.4	10.3	0.4
CHF/pulmonary edema	Yes	2,938	14.6	0.7	9.5	0.5	15.7	0.6	14.0	0.6	13.4	0.6
CHF/pulmonary edema	No	3,022	8.8	0.5	6.8	0.4	10.2	0.4	9.5	0.4	8.9	0.4
COPD	Yes	2,158	12.8	0.7	8.2	0.6	13.1	0.6	11.1	0.6	10.6	0.6
COPD	No	3,802	11.0	0.5	7.7	0.4	12.0	0.4	11.4	0.4	10.8	0.5
Smoking	Yes	1,346	12.0	0.9	7.7	0.8	14.5	1.0	11.4	1.0	12.0	1.0
Smoking	No	4,614	11.5	0.5	7.9	0.3	12.0	0.4	11.3	0.4	10.5	0.4
Corticosteroids	Yes	503	13.7	1.5	8.1	1.0	14.3	1.3	12.9	1.2	12.4	1.3
Corticosteroids	No	5,457	11.4	0.4	7.8	0.3	12.2	0.4	11.1	0.4	10.6	0.4
Coronary artery disease	Yes	3,513	13.1	0.6	8.9	0.4	13.5	0.5	12.2	0.5	11.5	0.5
Coronary artery disease	No	2,447	9.5	0.6	6.6	0.4	11.2	0.5	10.2	0.5	9.8	0.5
Renal disease	Yes	1,987	17.7	0.9	10.6	0.6	17.6	0.7	16.3	0.7	15.9	0.7
Renal disease	No	3,973	8.6	0.4	6.2	0.3	8.9	0.4	8.2	0.4	8.0	0.4

^a. Data were not collected in 2008. The 2004-2007 data include Medicare beneficiaries discharged from January to December and the 2009 data include Medicare beneficiaries discharged from January to September.

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_4_5_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_4_5_1.html