2007 National Healthcare Quality Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 2.26

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Table 2.26
Failure to rescue or deaths per 1,000 discharges having developed specified complications of care during hospitalization (excluding patients transferred in or out and patients admitted from long-term care facilities), ages 18-74, United States, 2003 and 2004

Population group		2004		2003
Population group		Rate^a	Standard error	Rate^a	Standard error
Total		119.0	0.3	124.5	0.3
Age	18-44	73.2	0.6	77.9	0.6
	45-64	120.5	0.4	126.6	0.5
	65-74	142.7	0.5	147.8	0.6
Gender	Male	128.6	0.4	135.1	0.4
Gender	Female	108.6	0.4	113.2	0.4
Median income of patient's ZIP Code	Less than $25,000	124.0	1.2	134.0	1.2
	$25,000-$34,999	118.5	0.6	125.4	0.7
	$35,000-$44,999	117.6	0.6	124.0	0.6
	$45,000 or more	119.4	0.5	122.9	0.5
Location of patient residence	Metropolitan-large	121.5	0.4	127.6	0.4
	Metropolitan-small	117.3	0.6	124.5	0.6
	Micropolitan	115.4	0.9	117.6	1.0
	Noncore	111.3	1.1	107.0	1.2
Expected payment source	Private insurance	112.2	0.6	119.1	0.6
	Medicare	118.5	0.4	123.2	0.4
	Medicaid	127.1	0.8	134.7	0.8
	Other insurance	120.1	1.7	124.7	1.8
	Uninsured/self-pay/no charge	135.6	1.3	139.0	1.4
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	138.3	0.7	138.5	0.7
	Midwest	102.8	0.6	104.8	0.7
	South	114.1	0.5	120.1	0.5
	West	132.4	0.7	142.1	0.7
Ownership/control of hospital	Private, not-for-profit	119.2	0.3	124.4	0.4
	Private, for-profit	114.1	0.8	123.7	0.9
	Public	122.4	0.8	125.7	0.8
Teaching status of hospital	Teaching	126.3	0.5	129.3	0.5
Teaching status of hospital	Non-teaching	115.1	0.4	121.6	0.4
Location of hospital	Metropolitan-large	122.0	0.4	127.4	0.4
	Metropolitan-small	117.6	0.5	125.6	0.6
	Micropolitan	109.5	1.1	108.5	1.2
	Noncore	99.0	1.8	90.7	1.8
Bed size of hospital	Less than 100	101.1	1.0	102.2	1.1
	100-299	121.0	0.5	122.3	0.5
	300-499	113.5	0.5	125.1	0.6
	500 or more	129.0	0.6	134.1	0.6

^a Rates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, comorbidities, and diagnosis related group (DRG) clusters. When reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender, comorbidities, and DRG clusters; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age, comorbidities, and DRG clusters.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 2003 and 2004.