Table 14_4_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 14_4_3.1
Hospital patients with heart failure who were given complete written discharge instructions,^a United States, 2005 and 2007
		2007		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		76.0	0.1	57.4	0.1
Gender	Male	76.8	0.1	58.3	0.1
Gender	Female	75.1	0.1	56.4	0.1
Race	White	76.6	0.1	58.6	0.1
	Black	75.8	0.1	56.7	0.1
	Hispanic	72.6	0.2	53.0	0.2
	Native American	65.0	0.9	48.2	0.9
	Asian	74.6	0.5	49.1	0.5
Age	Under 65	75.4	0.1	56.7	0.1
	65–74	75.8	0.1	57.2	0.1
	75–84	76.5	0.1	58.2	0.1
	85 and over	76.4	0.1	57.5	0.1

^a Written discharge instructions or educational material given to patient or caregiver at discharge or during the hospital stay addressing all of the following: activity level, diet, discharge medications, followup appointment, weight monitoring, and actions to take if symptoms worsen.

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 14_4_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/nhqrdr09/14_patientcenteredness/T14_4_3-1.html