Table 2.2
Percent surgical discharges with postoperative pneumonia events, United States, 2004a
|
|
2004 |
Population group |
Exposed |
Adverse events |
Percent |
Standard error |
Total |
5542 |
110 |
2.0 |
0.2 |
Age |
Under 65 |
783 |
14.00 |
1.8 |
0.5 |
65-74 |
2258 |
32 |
1.4 |
0.2 |
75-84 |
1932 |
52 |
2.7 |
0.4 |
85 and over |
569 |
12.00 |
2.1 |
0.6 |
Gender |
Female |
3096 |
50 |
1.6 |
0.2 |
Male |
2446 |
60 |
2.5 |
0.3 |
Race |
Black |
DSU |
DSU |
DSU |
DSU |
Other |
DSU |
DSU |
DSU |
DSU |
White |
4922 |
97 |
2.0 |
0.2 |
Diabetes |
No |
4097 |
69 |
1.7 |
0.2 |
Yes |
1,445 |
41.00 |
2.8 |
0.4 |
Obesity |
No |
4893 |
95 |
1.9 |
0.2 |
Yes |
649 |
15 |
2.3 |
0.6 |
Cerebrovascular disease |
No |
4572 |
77 |
1.7 |
0.2 |
Yes |
970 |
33 |
3.4 |
0.6 |
CHF/pulmonary edema |
No |
4679 |
63 |
1.3 |
0.2 |
Yes |
863 |
47 |
5.4 |
0.8 |
COPD |
No |
4322 |
60 |
1.4 |
0.2 |
Yes |
1,220 |
50.00 |
4.1 |
0.6 |
Smoking |
No |
4727 |
83 |
1.8 |
0.2 |
Yes |
815 |
27.00 |
3.3 |
0.6 |
Cancer |
No |
3986 |
61 |
1.5 |
0.2 |
Yes |
1,556 |
49.00 |
3.1 |
0.4 |
Corticosteroids |
No |
5309 |
104 |
2.0 |
0.2 |
Yes |
DSU |
DSU |
DSU |
DSU |
Coronary artery disease |
No |
3508 |
47 |
1.3 |
0.2 |
Yes |
2,034 |
63.00 |
3.1 |
0.4 |
Renal disease |
No |
4680 |
71 |
1.5 |
0.2 |
Yes |
862 |
39 |
4.5 |
0.7 |
a Data include Medicare beneficiaries discharged from January to December. Readmissions are supposed to be counted in the numerators according to the measure specifications, but were not counted because the data were not available at this time.
DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality or confidentiality.
Key: CHF: congestive heart failure; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System.
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