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List of Tables
1.1 Hospital-acquired conditions that are subject to the Hospital-Acquired Condition–
Present on Admission program for FY 2009–2011 .............................................................. 7
2.1 Number and percentage of discharges by primary payer and State, 2008–2010 ............... 12
2.2 Number of eligible discharges, by HAC, 2008–2010 ........................................................ 13
2.3 Number of hospitals where all POA variables are coded “yes,” “no,” or more than
10 percent missing 2010 ..................................................................................................... 14
3.1 Rates of hospital-acquired foreign object retained after surgery, per 10,000
discharges, by primary payer, State, and year .................................................................... 17
3.2 Rates of hospital-acquired falls and trauma, per 10,000 discharges, by primary
payer, State, and year ......................................................................................................... 18
3.3 Number of discharges with a fall or trauma and percentage coded present on
admission, by primary payer and State, 2008–2010 .......................................................... 19
3.4 Rates of hospital-acquired manifestations of poor glycemic control per 10,000
discharges, by primary payer, State, and year .................................................................... 20
3.5 Rates of hospital-acquired air embolism per 10,000 discharges, by primary payer,
State, and year .................................................................................................................... 21
3.6 Rates of hospital-acquired blood incompatibility per 10,000 discharges by primary
payer, State, and year ......................................................................................................... 22
3.7 Rates of hospital-acquired stage III and IV pressure ulcers per 10,000 discharges,
by primary payer, State, and year ....................................................................................... 23
3.8 Rates of hospital-acquired catheter-associated urinary tract infection per 10,000
discharges, by primary payer, State, and year .................................................................... 24
3.9 Rates of hospital-acquired vascular catheter-associated infection per 10,000
discharges by primary payer, State, and year ..................................................................... 25
3.10 Rates of hospital-acquired deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism following
certain orthopedic procedures per 10,000 discharges, by primary payer, State, and
year ..................................................................................................................................... 26
3.11a Rates of hospital-acquired surgical site infection following certain orthopedic
procedures per 10,000 discharges, by primary payer, State, and year ............................... 27
3.11b Rates of hospital-acquired surgical site infection—mediastinitis following coronary
artery bypass graft per 10,000 discharges, by primary payer, State, and year ................... 28
3.11c Rates of hospital-acquired surgical site infection following bariatric surgery for
obesity per 10,000 discharges, by primary payer, State, and year ..................................... 29
3.12 Odds ratios for selected hospital-acquired conditions ........................................................ 32
4.1 Ratio of 2010 HAC rates based on the first eight secondary diagnoses (“HAC8
rate”) to 2010 HAC rates based on all reported HCUP secondary diagnoses, by
HAC, State, and primary payer .......................................................................................... 37
4.2 Number of HACs and ratio of HAC rates based on the first eight secondary
diagnoses (“HAC8 rate”) to HAC rates based on all reported HCUP secondary
diagnosis, all discharges, and discharges with more than nine valid secondary
diagnoses ............................................................................................................................ 40
4.3 Hospital-acquired falls and trauma: Ratio of HAC8 rate to HAC rate, State, year,
and hospital characteristics ................................................................................................. 42