Table 4_2_1-1

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 4_2_1.1
Hospital patients with heart attack who received recommended hospital care,^a United States, 2005 and 2006
Population group		2006		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total^b		95.2	0.0	93.5	1.9
Gender	Male	95.8	0.0	94.3	2.2
Gender	Female	94.1	0.0	92.2	3.2
Race	White	95.5	0.0	93.8	2.1
	Black	94.4	0.1	92.4	6.5
	Hispanic	92.5	0.1	90.7	8.6
	Native American	95.1	0.3	*	*
	Asian	95.0	0.1	92.7	15.7
Age	Under 65	96.6	0.0	95.2	2.4
	65–74	95.0	0.0	93.3	4.1
	75–84	93.8	0.0	91.9	4.4
	85 and over	92.3	0.1	90.3	6.2

^a Recommended hospital care for patients with heart attack includes administering aspirin and beta blocker within 24 hours of hospital arrival and at discharge, giving a prescription of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker at discharge to patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction, and giving smoking cessation counseling to smoking patients.

^b 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.

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

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 4_2_1-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/4_heartdiseases/T4_2_1-1.html