Table 4_3_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_3_1.1
Hospital patients with heart failure who received recommended hospital care (evaluation of left ventricular ejection fraction and ACE inhibitor or ARB prescription at discharge, if indicated, for left ventricular systolic dysfunction), United States, 2005 and 2006
Population group		2006		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total^a		89.2	0.0	86.9	0.0
Gender	Male	90.5	0.0	88.3	0.0
Gender	Female	90.0	0.0	87.2	0.0
Race	White	90.0	0.0	87.4	0.0
	Black	91.4	0.1	89.1	0.1
	Hispanic	89.3	0.1	86.7	0.1
	Native American	86.3	0.5	85.9	0.5
	Asian	90.1	0.3	86.6	0.3
Age	Under 65	91.9	0.0	89.7	0.1
	65–74	90.3	0.1	88.0	0.1
	75–84	90.0	0.1	87.3	0.1
	85 and over	88.2	0.1	85.0	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: 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_3_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_3_1-1.html