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 |
Ratea |
SE |
Ratea |
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 |
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 |
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.