Table 10_3_3-1

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_3_3.1
Hospital patients with an anticoagulant-related adverse drug event with warfarin, United States, 2004 and 2006^a
Population group		2006				2004
Population group		Exposed	Adverse events	Percent	SE	Exposed	Adverse events	Percent	SE
Total		4,007	249	6.21	0.38	3,629	318	8.76	0.47
Age	Under 65	394	23	5.84	1.18	345	32	9.28	1.56
	65–74	1,205	76	6.31	0.70	1,203	87	7.23	0.75
	75–84	1,638	98	5.98	0.59	1,499	135	9.01	0.74
	85 and over	770	52	6.75	0.90	582	64	11.00	1.30
Gender	Male	1,788	112	6.26	0.57	1,576	135	8.57	0.71
Gender	Female	2,219	137	6.17	0.51	2,053	183	8.91	0.63
Race	White	3,603	211	5.86	0.39	3,284	289	8.80	0.49
	Black	268	24	8.96	1.74	229	18	7.86	1.78
	Other	136	14	10.29	2.61	116	11	9.48	2.72
Diabetes	Yes	1,343	93	6.92	0.69	1,175	113	9.62	0.86
Diabetes	No	2,664	156	5.86	0.45	2,454	205	8.35	0.56
Obesity	Yes	643	31	4.82	0.84	465	42	9.03	1.33
Obesity	No	3,364	218	6.48	0.42	3,164	276	8.72	0.50
Cerebrovascular disease	Yes	1,046	66	6.31	0.75	1,012	88	8.70	0.89
Cerebrovascular disease	No	2,961	183	6.18	0.44	2,617	230	8.79	0.55
CHF/pulmonary edema	Yes	1,736	121	6.97	0.61	1,523	153	10.05	0.77
CHF/pulmonary edema	No	2,271	128	5.64	0.48	2,106	165	7.83	0.59
COPD	Yes	1,293	91	7.04	0.71	1,116	118	10.57	0.92
COPD	No	2,714	158	5.82	0.45	2,513	200	7.96	0.54
Smoking	Yes	414	27	6.52	1.21	401	35	8.73	1.41
Smoking	No	3,593	222	6.18	0.40	3,228	283	8.77	0.50
Cancer	Yes	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	864	92	10.65	1.05
Cancer	No	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	2,765	226	8.17	0.52
Corticosteroids	Yes	320	27	8.44	1.55	289	41	14.19	2.05
Corticosteroids	No	3,687	222	6.02	0.39	3,340	277	8.29	0.48
Coronary artery disease	Yes	1,863	127	6.82	0.58	1,798	191	10.62	0.73
Coronary artery disease	No	2,144	122	5.69	0.50	1,831	127	6.94	0.59
Renal disease	Yes	1,159	112	9.66	0.87	818	108	13.20	1.18
Renal disease	No	2,848	137	4.81	0.40	2,811	210	7.47	0.50

^a Data include Medicare beneficiaries discharged from January to December.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

Key: CHF: congestive heart failure; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 10_3_3-1: 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_3_3-1.html