Table 12_1_4-1

2009 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 12_1_4.1
Adult surgery patients who had prophylactic antibiotics discontinued within 24 hours after surgery end time, United States, 2005 and 2007
		2007		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		83.7	0.4	68.5	0.1
Gender	Male	82.5	0.4	61.8	0.1
Gender	Female	84.4	0.4	71.9	0.1
Race	White	84.2	0.4	68.5	0.1
	Black	83.3	0.4	70.0	0.2
	Hispanic	77.0	0.4	65.1	0.3
	Native American	85.0	0.4	75.3	1.0
	Asian	81.1	0.4	65.1	0.7
Age	Under 65	85.4	0.4	73.4	0.1
	65–74	82.4	0.4	63.5	0.1
	75–84	81.7	0.4	62.7	0.1
	85 and over	79.2	0.4	61.1	0.1

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 12_1_4-1: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/12_patientsafety/T12_1_4-1.html