Table 10_3_5-1

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_5.1
Hospital patients with an anticoagulant-related adverse drug event with low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) and factor Xa, United States, 2004 and 2006^a
Population group		2006				2004
Population group		Exposed	Adverse events	Percent	SE	Exposed	Adverse events	Percent	SE
Total		5,937	309	5.20	0.29	4,649	449	9.66	0.43
Age	Under 65	811	34	4.19	0.70	620	51	8.23	1.10
	65–74	1,855	106	5.71	0.54	1,497	123	8.22	0.71
	75–84	2,141	115	5.37	0.49	1,751	189	10.79	0.74
	85 and over	1,130	54	4.78	0.63	781	86	11.01	1.12
Gender	Male	2,486	143	5.75	0.47	1,942	197	10.14	0.69
Gender	Female	3,451	166	4.81	0.36	2,707	252	9.31	0.56
Race	White	5,112	267	5.22	0.31	3,977	385	9.68	0.47
	Black	553	35	6.33	1.04	449	49	10.91	1.47
	Other	*	*	*	*	223	15	6.73	1.68
Diabetes	Yes	2,126	135	6.35	0.53	1,566	153	9.77	0.75
Diabetes	No	3,811	174	4.57	0.34	3,083	296	9.60	0.53
Obesity	Yes	981	57	5.81	0.75	707	67	9.48	1.10
Obesity	No	4,956	252	5.08	0.31	3,942	382	9.69	0.47
Cerebrovascular disease	Yes	1,341	71	5.29	0.61	1,102	118	10.71	0.93
Cerebrovascular disease	No	4,596	238	5.18	0.33	3,547	331	9.33	0.49
CHF/pulmonary edema	Yes	2,060	139	6.75	0.55	1,655	198	11.96	0.80
CHF/pulmonary edema	No	3,877	170	4.38	0.33	2,994	251	8.38	0.51
COPD	Yes	2,085	129	6.19	0.53	1,572	169	10.75	0.78
COPD	No	3,852	180	4.67	0.34	3,077	280	9.10	0.52
Smoking	Yes	945	52	5.50	0.74	681	67	9.84	1.14
Smoking	No	4,992	257	5.15	0.31	3,968	382	9.63	0.47
Cancer	Yes	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	1,099	133	12.10	0.98
Cancer	No	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	3,550	316	8.90	0.48
Corticosteroids	Yes	493	19	3.85	0.87	359	40	11.14	1.66
Corticosteroids	No	5,444	290	5.33	0.30	4,290	409	9.53	0.45
Coronary artery disease	Yes	2,737	169	6.17	0.46	2,447	262	10.71	0.63
Coronary artery disease	No	3,200	140	4.38	0.36	2,202	187	8.49	0.59
Renal disease	Yes	1,605	145	9.03	0.72	1,029	156	15.16	1.12
Renal disease	No	4,332	164	3.79	0.29	3,620	293	8.09	0.45

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

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

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_5-1: 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_5-1.html