Table 4_3_2-1

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_3_2.1
Hospital patients with heart failure who received an evaluation of left ventricular ejection fraction, United States, 2005 and 2007
		2007		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		94.2	0.0	89.6	0.0
Gender	Male	95.0	0.0	91.0	0.0
Gender	Female	93.5	0.0	88.4	0.0
Race	White	94.2	0.0	89.5	0.0
	Black	95.0	0.1	90.7	0.0
	Hispanic	92.4	0.1	88.1	0.1
	Native American	90.1	0.5	85.9	0.6
	Asian	94.6	0.2	88.4	0.3
Age	Under 65	95.0	0.0	91.1	0.1
	65–74	94.6	0.1	90.4	0.0
	75–84	94.4	0.0	89.7	0.0
	85 and over	92.6	0.1	86.6	0.0

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 4_3_2-1: 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_3_2-1.html