Table 13_2_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 13_2_4.1
Hospital patients with heart attack who received fibrinolytic medication within 30 minutes of arrival, United States, 2005 and 2007
		2007		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		50.0	0.8	37.9	0.5
Gender	Male	53.3	0.9	41.1	0.6
Gender	Female	42.0	1.4	31.1	0.8
Race	White	51.8	0.9	38.7	0.5
	Black	44.5	2.9	27.7	1.5
	Hispanic	43.2	2.0	36.8	1.4
	Native American	DSU	DSU	42.9	9.5
	Asian	55.5	4.8	43.9	3.3
Age	Under 65	53.3	1.0	41.4	0.6
	65–74	48.1	1.8	36.6	1.0
	75–84	40.0	2.1	31.4	1.1
	85 and over	42.9	3.5	23.6	1.7

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

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_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/nhqrdr09/13_timeliness/T13_2_4-1.html