Table 14_4_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 14_4_3.1
Hospital patients with heart failure who were given complete written discharge instructions,^a United States, 2005-2008
		2008		2007		2006		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		82.0	0.0	76.0	0.1	68.7	0.1	57.4	0.1
Gender	Male	82.7	0.1	76.8	0.1	69.6	0.1	58.3	0.1
Gender	Female	81.3	0.1	75.1	0.1	67.8	0.1	56.4	0.1
Race	White	82.2	0.1	76.6	0.1	69.5	0.1	58.6	0.1
	Black	81.7	0.1	75.8	0.1	68.1	0.1	56.7	0.1
	Hispanic	81.8	0.2	72.6	0.2	65.6	0.2	53.0	0.2
	Native American	69.8	0.8	65.0	0.9	59.7	0.9	48.2	0.9
	Asian	83.7	0.4	74.6	0.5	61.5	0.5	49.1	0.5
Age	Under 65	81.8	0.1	75.4	0.1	68.0	0.1	56.7	0.1
	65-74	81.8	0.1	75.8	0.1	68.6	0.1	57.2	0.1
	75-84	82.4	0.1	76.5	0.1	69.3	0.1	58.2	0.1
	85 and over	82.1	0.1	76.4	0.1	68.9	0.1	57.5	0.1

^a Written discharge instructions or educational material given to patient or caregiver at discharge or during the hospital stay addressing all of the following: activity level, diet, discharge medications, followup appointment, weight monitoring, and actions to take if symptoms worsen.

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 14_4_3-1: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/14_patientcenteredness/T14_4_3-1.html