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Table 1.140a
Home health care patients who had to be admitted to the hospital, United States, 2004 and 2005
Population group 2005 2004
Percent Standard error Percent Standard error
Total   28.0 0.02 27.9 0.02
Age 0-64 34.3 0.06 34.3 0.06
65-74 27.3 0.05 27.4 0.05
75-84 26.6 0.04 26.6 0.04
85 and over 26.5 0.05 26.3 0.05
Gender Male 29.8 0.04 29.7 0.04
Female 26.9 0.03 26.9 0.03
Racea White only 26.9 0.03 26.8 0.03
Black only 33.9 0.07 34.1 0.07
Asian only 23.0 0.19 22.5 0.19
NHOPI only 25.6 0.52 26.3 0.56
AI/AN only 33.6 0.36 32.3 0.35
Multiple races 29.1 0.67 29.7 0.71
Ethnicitya Hispanic, all races 31.0 0.09 30.7 0.09
Non-Hispanic, White 26.9 0.03 26.8 0.03
Non-Hispanic, Black 33.9 0.07 34.1 0.07
Non-Hispanic, other 25.0 0.11 25.1 0.11

a Excludes records with missing values.

Key: NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Outcome and Assessment Information Set.

 

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