Table 4_2_6-1

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_6.1
Hospital patients with heart attack and left ventricular systolic dysfunction who were prescribed ACE inhibitor or ARB at discharge, United States, 2005 and 2006
Population group		2006		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total^a		86.9	0.5	83.7	0.5
Gender	Male	86.5	0.1	83.4	0.1
Gender	Female	86.3	0.2	83.2	0.2
Race	White	86.5	0.1	83.2	0.1
	Black	86.9	0.3	84.0	0.4
	Hispanic	84.5	0.4	80.9	0.5
	Native American	88.3	1.5	85.2	1.6
	Asian	86.4	1.0	82.0	1.0
Age	Under 65	88.9	0.2	86.5	0.2
	65–74	86.4	0.2	83.3	0.2
	75–84	84.7	0.2	81.4	0.2
	85 and over	82.4	0.3	78.7	0.3

^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: ACE: angiotensin-converting enzyme; ARB: angiotensin receptor blocker; SE: standard error.

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

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 4_2_6-1: 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_6-1.html