Table 4_3_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 4_3_3.1
Hospital patients with heart failure 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		89.7	0.1	82.6	0.1
Gender	Male	89.6	0.1	82.4	0.1
Gender	Female	89.9	0.1	83.0	0.1
Race	White	88.9	0.1	81.4	0.1
	Black	91.4	0.1	85.4	0.1
	Hispanic	89.4	0.2	82.9	0.3
	Native American	90.8	0.8	85.8	1.0
	Asian	89.9	0.5	81.5	0.6
Age	Under 65	92.3	0.1	86.8	0.1
	65–74	88.9	0.1	81.8	0.1
	75–84	88.2	0.1	80.2	0.1
	85 and over	86.7	0.2	78.5	0.2

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_3_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/nhqrdr09/4_heartdiseases/T4_3_3-1.html