1-16.
Reduce the proportion of nursing home residents with a current diagnosis of pressure ulcers.
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1-16. | |
Reduce the proportion of nursing home residents with a current diagnosis of pressure ulcers. |
Target: 8 diagnoses per 1,000 residents.
Baseline: 16 diagnoses of pressure ulcers per 1,000 nursing home residents were made in 1997.
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source: National Nursing Home Survey (NNHS), CDC, NCHS.
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Nursing Home Residents, 1997 |
Pressure Ulcers |
|
Diagnoses per 1,000 |
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|
TOTAL |
16 |
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Race and ethnicity |
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
DSU |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
DSU |
|
Asian |
DSU |
|
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
DSU |
|
Black or African American |
DSU |
|
White |
14 |
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
DSU |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
15 |
|
Black or African American |
DSU |
|
White |
13 |
|
Gender |
|
|
Female |
14 |
|
Male |
20 |
|
Education level |
|
|
Less than high school |
DNC |
|
High school graduate |
DNC |
|
At least some college |
DNC |
|
Geographic location |
|
|
Within MSA |
17 |
|
Outside MSA |
12 |
|
Disability status |
|
|
Persons with disabilities |
16 |
|
Persons without disabilities |
DSU |
DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable. MSA = Metropolitan statistical area.