Table 13_2_3-1

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 13_2_3.1
Hospital patients with heart attack who received percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) within 90 minutes of arrival, United States, 2005 and 2007
		2007		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		71.8	0.2	42.1	0.2
Gender	Male	73.6	0.2	44.4	0.3
Gender	Female	67.1	0.4	36.3	0.4
Race	White	73.0	0.2	43.4	0.2
	Black	62.2	0.8	29.1	0.7
	Hispanic	66.4	0.8	33.8	0.8
	Native American	66.2	4.1	43.2	4.6
	Asian	69.5	1.4	39.6	1.7
Age	Under 65	73.9	0.2	44.9	0.3
	65–74	69.9	0.5	40.4	0.5
	75–84	65.7	0.6	35.3	0.6
	85 and over	64.9	1.1	29.2	1.0

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 13_2_3-1: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/13_timeliness/T13_2_3-1.html