Table 4_2_1-1

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 4_2_1.1
Hospital patients with heart attack and left ventricular systolic dysfunction who were prescribed ACE inhibitor or ARB at discharge, United States, 2005-2008
		2008		2007		2006		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		93.7	0.1	91.3	0.1	86.4	0.1	83.4	0.1
Gender	Male	93.7	0.1	91.3	0.1	86.5	0.1	83.4	0.1
Gender	Female	93.7	0.1	91.4	0.2	86.3	0.2	83.2	0.2
Race	White	93.7	0.1	91.4	0.1	86.5	0.1	83.2	0.1
	Black	94.1	0.3	91.9	0.3	86.9	0.3	84.0	0.4
	Hispanic	92.7	0.3	89.2	0.4	84.5	0.4	80.9	0.5
	AI/AN	92.8	1.3	90.8	1.4	88.3	1.5	85.2	1.6
	Asian	93.5	0.7	91.7	0.8	86.4	1.0	82.0	1.0
Age	Under 65	94.8	0.1	93.1	0.1	88.9	0.2	86.5	0.2
	65-74	93.6	0.2	91.1	0.2	86.4	0.2	83.3	0.2
	75-84	93.0	0.2	90.0	0.2	84.7	0.2	81.4	0.2
	85 and over	91.7	0.3	88.6	0.3	82.4	0.3	78.7	0.3

Key: ACE: angiotensin-converting enzyme; ARB: angiotensin receptor blocker; SE: standard error; AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native.

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

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 4_2_1-1: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/4_heartdiseases/T4_2_1-1.html