Table 13_2_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 13_2_4.1
Hospital patients with heart attack who received fibrinolytic medication within 30 minutes of arrival, United States, 2005-2008
		2008		2007		2006		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		49.40	0.97	50.0	0.8	42.1	0.6	37.9	0.5
Gender	Male	52.12	1.15	53.3	0.9	45.2	0.7	41.1	0.6
Gender	Female	42.98	1.75	42.0	1.4	34.6	1.0	31.1	0.8
Race	White	50.96	1.17	51.8	0.9	43.6	0.7	38.7	0.5
	Black	37.79	3.30	44.5	2.9	32.6	2.0	27.7	1.5
	Hispanic	47.61	2.33	43.2	2.0	37.8	1.6	36.8	1.4
	AI/AN	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Asian	48.19	5.52	55.5	4.8	45.5	3.9	43.9	3.3
Age	Under 65	52.49	1.24	53.3	1.0	46.0	0.8	41.4	0.6
	65-74	48.04	2.11	48.1	1.8	41.0	1.3	36.6	1.0
	75-84	43.48	2.67	40.0	2.1	32.5	1.5	31.4	1.1
	85 and over	34.46	3.92	42.9	3.5	27.5	2.2	23.6	1.7

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

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 13_2_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/nhqrdr10/13_timeliness/T13_2_4-1.html