Table 4_2_1-1

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 4_2_1.1
Hospital patients with heart attack and left ventricular systolic dysfunction who were prescribed ACE inhibitor or ARB at discharge, United States, 2005 and 2007
		2007		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		91.3	0.1	83.4	0.1
Gender	Male	91.3	0.1	83.4	0.1
Gender	Female	91.4	0.2	83.2	0.2
Race	White	91.4	0.1	83.2	0.1
	Black	91.9	0.3	84.0	0.4
	Hispanic	89.2	0.4	80.9	0.5
	Native American	90.8	1.4	85.2	1.6
	Asian	91.7	0.8	82.0	1.0
Age	Under 65	93.1	0.1	86.5	0.2
	65–74	91.1	0.2	83.3	0.2
	75–84	90.0	0.2	81.4	0.2
	85 and over	88.6	0.3	78.7	0.3

Key: ACE: angiotensin-converting enzyme; ARB: angiotensin receptor blocker; SE: standard error.

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

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 4_2_1-1: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/4_heartdiseases/T4_2_1-1.html