Table 10_1_7-1

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 10_1_7.1
Adult surgery patients who had prophylactic antibiotics discontinued within 24 hours after surgery end time, United States, 2005 and 2006
Population group		2006		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total^a		77.1	0.9	69.1	1.3
Gender	Male	73.2	0.1	61.8	0.1
Gender	Female	77.4	0.1	71.9	0.1
Race	White	76.2	0.1	68.5	0.1
	Black	75.9	0.1	70.0	0.2
	Hispanic	71.3	0.2	65.1	0.3
	Native American	78.6	0.7	75.3	1.0
	Asian	73.1	0.4	65.1	0.7
Age	Under 65	79.2	0.1	73.4	0.1
	65–74	73.2	0.1	63.5	0.1
	75–84	71.9	0.1	62.7	0.1
	85 and over	68.6	0.2	61.1	0.1

^a The estimate for the Total row is based on State-level estimates whereas the estimates for the demographic categories are based on patient/episode-level data.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 10_1_7-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/10_patientsafety/T10_1_7-1.html