Table 4_4_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_4_3.1
Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions age 40 and over with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasties (excluding obstetric and neonatal admissions and transfers to another hospital), United States, 2000 and 2005
Population group		2005		2000
Population group		Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE
Total		11.9	0.1	15.4	0.1
Age	40–44	4.5	0.4	5.0	0.4
	45–64	7.0	0.1	7.2	0.1
	65 and over	16.9	0.2	22.5	0.2
Age	65–69	8.7	0.3	14.6	0.3
	70–74	13.6	0.3	16.4	0.4
	75–79	16.9	0.4	25.1	0.5
	80–84	25.1	0.6	32.3	0.7
	85 and over	39.3	1.0	57.1	1.3
Gender	Male	10.4	0.1	12.4	0.1
Gender	Female	15.3	0.2	19.9	0.2
Median income of patient's ZIP Code	First quartile (lowest income)	11.9	0.2	16.3	0.3
	Second quartile	12.1	0.2	15.7	0.2
	Third quartile	12.3	0.2	15.4	0.3
	Fourth quartile (highest income)	11.2	0.2	14.1	0.3
Location of patient residence	Large central metropolitan	11.2	0.2	15.4	0.2
	Large fringe metropolitan	10.9	0.2	15.1	0.3
	Medium metropolitan	12.5	0.3	15.0	0.3
	Small metropolitan	13.6	0.4	13.9	0.4
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	12.1	0.4	17.5	0.4
	Noncore (nonmetro)	13.4	0.4	16.5	0.4
Expected payment source	Private insurance	11.4	0.3	12.6	0.3
	Medicare	11.6	0.1	16.1	0.2
	Medicaid	14.6	0.6	19.7	0.7
	Other insurance	14.5	0.9	14.0	1.2
	Uninsured/self-pay/no charge	17.4	0.7	18.5	0.9
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	10.6	0.3	13.7	0.3
	Midwest	11.2	0.2	16.1	0.2
	South	12.3	0.2	15.1	0.2
	West	13.3	0.3	17.0	0.3
Ownership/control of hospital	Private, not for profit	11.5	0.1	15.1	0.1
	Private, for profit	13.0	0.3	16.7	0.4
	Public	14.1	0.4	17.4	0.5
Teaching status of hospital	Teaching	10.9	0.2	14.9	0.2
Teaching status of hospital	Nonteaching	12.6	0.2	15.7	0.2
Location of hospital	Large central metropolitan	11.2	0.2	15.6	0.2
	Large fringe metropolitan	10.9	0.3	14.9	0.3
	Medium metropolitan	12.5	0.2	15.3	0.3
	Small metropolitan	13.7	0.3	14.9	0.3
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	14.7	0.6	18.6	0.8
	Noncore (nonmetro)	*	*	*	*
Bed size of hospital	Less than 100	14.2	1.0	19.2	2.0
	100–299	12.4	0.2	15.6	0.2
	300–499	12.3	0.2	15.0	0.2
	500 or more	10.8	0.2	15.7	0.2

^a Rates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, and All Patient Refined-Diagnosis Related Group (APR-DRG) risk of mortality score. When reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender and APR-DRG risk of mortality score; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age and APR-DRG risk of mortality score.

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

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample and AHRQ Quality Indicators, version 3.1.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 4_4_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_4_3-1.html