Table 12_1_4-1

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_4.1
Adult surgery patients who had prophylactic antibiotics discontinued within 24 hours after surgery end time, United States, 2005-2008
		2008		2007		2006		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		89.7	0.0	83.7	0.4	76.0	0.0	68.5	0.1
Gender	Male	89.0	0.1	82.5	0.4	73.2	0.1	61.8	0.1
Gender	Female	90.0	0.0	84.4	0.4	77.4	0.1	71.9	0.1
Race	White	90.2	0.0	84.2	0.4	76.2	0.1	68.5	0.1
	Black	89.0	0.1	83.3	0.4	75.9	0.1	70.0	0.2
	Hispanic	83.5	0.2	77.0	0.4	71.3	0.2	65.1	0.3
	AI/AN	89.1	0.5	85.0	0.4	78.6	0.7	75.3	1.0
	Asian	87.6	0.3	81.1	0.4	73.1	0.4	65.1	0.7
Age	Under 65	90.6	0.0	85.4	0.4	79.2	0.1	73.4	0.1
	65-74	89.2	0.1	82.4	0.4	73.2	0.1	63.5	0.1
	75-84	88.3	0.1	81.7	0.4	71.9	0.1	62.7	0.1
	85 and over	85.8	0.2	79.2	0.4	68.6	0.2	61.1	0.1

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_4-1: 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_4-1.html