National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2003: Data Tables

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National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2003

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Racial and Ethnic Differences in Effectiveness of Care: Nursing home and home health care

Measure	Racial Difference[1]					Ethnic Difference[2]
	Black	Asian	NHOPI	AI/AN	>1 Race	NHB	Hispanic
Nursing Facility Care[3]
Nursing home residents with pain	*³	³
Nursing home residents with pressure sores	*³	³
Nursing home residents in physical restraints	*³	³

Key to Quality of Health Care Tables

: Selected population and comparison population receive about same quality of health care

: Selected population receives better quality care than the comparison population

: Selected population receives worse quality care than the comparison population

: Data are collected but do not meet criteria for statistical reliability

[1] Compared with whites.

[2] Compared with non-Hispanic whites.

[3] Source: CMS Resident Profile Table. This source categorizes race/ethnicity very differently from other sources. Race/ethnicity information is categorized as a single item: Non-Hispanic white, Non-Hispanic black, Hispanic, Asian or Pacific Islander. These contrasts compare each group with non-Hispanic whites. An * is inserted in the Black column to indicate that estimates for this group could not be produced.

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