Table 4_2_4-1

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_4.1
Hospital patients with heart attack who received beta blocker within 24 hours of admission, United States, 2005 and 2006
Population group		2006		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total^a		93.2	0.5	91.5	0.6
Gender	Male	94.2	0.1	92.7	0.1
Gender	Female	91.8	0.1	90.1	0.1
Race	White	93.4	0.1	91.8	0.1
	Black	93.0	0.2	91.1	0.2
	Hispanic	90.5	0.2	88.9	0.2
	Native American	92.6	1.0	88.4	1.1
	Asian	94.3	0.4	91.2	0.4
Age	Under 65	95.3	0.1	93.9	0.1
	65–74	93.1	0.1	91.5	0.1
	75–84	91.5	0.1	89.9	0.1
	85 and over	89.8	0.2	88.3	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_4-1: 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_4-1.html