Table 8_2_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 8_2_3.1
Hospital patients with pneumonia who received the initial antibiotic dose within 6 hours of hospital arrival, United States, 2007
		2007
Population group		Percent	SE
Total		82.7	0.1
Gender	Male	83.7	0.1
Gender	Female	81.8	0.1
Race	White	84.0	0.1
	Black	77.8	0.2
	Hispanic	76.1	0.2
	Native American	78.8	0.7
	Asian	83.4	0.4
Age	Under 65	80.6	0.1
	65–74	83.3	0.1
	75–84	83.9	0.1
	85 and over	84.2	0.1

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 8_2_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/nhqrdr09/8_respiratorydiseases/T8_2_3-1.html