Table 10_2

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Table 10_2_8.1
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, 2000 and 2005
Population group		2005		2000
Population group		Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE
Total		120.4	0.3	153.4	0.4
Age	18–44	78.6	0.6	98.7	0.6
	45–64	121.5	0.4	153.9	0.5
	65–74	142.7	0.5	183.9	0.6
Gender	Male	128.3	0.4	164.9	0.5
Gender	Female	112.5	0.4	142.7	0.5
Median income of patient's ZIP Code	First quartile (lowest income)	121.9	0.5	152.1	0.7
	Second quartile	120.3	0.6	153.8	0.7
	Third quartile	117.5	0.6	157.3	0.8
	Fourth quartile (highest income)	122.1	0.6	151.0	0.8
Location of patient residence	Large central metropolitan	121.6	0.5	156.2	0.6
	Large fringe metropolitan	118.9	0.6	152.2	0.7
	Medium metropolitan	119.5	0.6	156.5	0.9
	Small metropolitan	118.0	1.0	155.7	1.2
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	125.6	0.9	146.8	1.2
	Noncore (nonmetro)	118.1	1.1	142.3	1.4
Expected payment source	Private insurance	115.9	0.6	144.9	0.6
	Medicare	119.3	0.4	155.7	0.5
	Medicaid	122.9	0.7	157.1	1.0
	Other insurance	127.0	1.8	141.3	2.2
	Uninsured/self-pay/no charge	142.7	1.2	179.5	1.6
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	136.6	0.7	159.6	0.8
	Midwest	106.2	0.6	146.0	0.8
	South	117.2	0.4	149.4	0.6
	West	128.0	0.7	164.4	0.8
Ownership/control of hospital	Private, not for profit	117.9	0.3	152.3	0.4
	Private, for profit	126.2	0.8	151.0	1.0
	Public	126.7	0.7	161.9	1.0
Teaching status of hospital	Teaching	118.5	0.5	151.7	0.6
Teaching status of hospital	Nonteaching	121.5	0.4	154.4	0.4
Location of hospital	Large central metropolitan	118.8	0.4	154.3	0.5
	Large fringe metropolitan	122.6	0.7	153.8	0.8
	Medium metropolitan	119.5	0.6	156.9	0.8
	Small metropolitan	122.2	1.0	156.2	1.1
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	128.0	1.0	144.5	1.4
	Noncore (nonmetro)	111.5	2.0	126.4	2.2
Bed size of hospital	Less than 100	115.5	1.0	138.5	1.2
	100–299	125.5	0.5	154.0	0.6
	300–499	116.1	0.5	158.7	0.6
	500 or more	119.5	0.6	150.7	0.7

^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.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample and AHRQ Quality Indicators, version 3.1.