Table 4_2_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 4_2_3.1
Hospital patients with heart attack who were prescribed aspirin at discharge, United States, 2005 and 2006
Population group		2006		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total^a		96.5	0.4	95.6	0.4
Gender	Male	97.1	0.0	96.2	0.0
Gender	Female	95.3	0.1	94.0	0.1
Race	White	96.8	0.0	95.8	0.0
	Black	95.2	0.1	93.8	0.1
	Hispanic	93.1	0.2	92.0	0.2
	Native American	97.1	0.4	96.1	0.5
	Asian	95.7	0.3	94.7	0.3
Age	Under 65	97.5	0.0	96.7	0.0
	65–74	96.4	0.1	95.4	0.1
	75–84	95.4	0.1	94.2	0.1
	85 and over	93.7	0.1	92.4	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 4_2_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/nhqrdr08/4_heartdiseases/T4_2_3-1.html