Table 12_1_3-1

2010 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 12_1_3.1
Adult surgery patients who received prophylactic antibiotics within 1 hour prior to surgical incision, United States, 2005-2008
		2008		2007		2006		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		93.1	0.0	88.8	0.3	84.5	0.0	81.0	0.1
Gender	Male	92.9	0.0	88.5	0.3	83.8	0.1	80.5	0.1
Gender	Female	93.2	0.0	89.1	0.3	84.8	0.0	81.2	0.1
Race	White	93.3	0.0	89.3	0.3	85.0	0.0	81.6	0.1
	Black	92.9	0.1	88.2	0.3	83.8	0.1	80.1	0.2
	Hispanic	90.0	0.1	84.5	0.4	78.0	0.2	74.1	0.3
	AI/AN	90.5	0.4	85.3	0.4	82.9	0.6	79.5	0.9
	Asian	93.5	0.2	87.9	0.3	82.7	0.3	76.0	0.6
Age	Under 65	93.3	0.0	89.3	0.3	84.9	0.0	81.4	0.1
	65-74	93.5	0.0	89.3	0.3	85.0	0.1	81.7	0.1
	75-84	92.6	0.1	88.2	0.3	83.7	0.1	80.3	0.1
	85 and over	90.0	0.1	84.9	0.4	79.5	0.2	75.4	0.3

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; SE: standard error.

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

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 12_1_3-1: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/12_patientsafety/T12_1_3-1.html