Table 4_3_2-1

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_3_2.1
Hospital patients with heart failure who received an evaluation of left ventricular ejection fraction, United States, 2005-2008
		2008		2007		2006		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		95.9	0.0	94.2	0.0	92.1	0.0	89.6	0.0
Gender	Male	96.5	0.0	95.0	0.0	93.1	0.0	91.0	0.0
Gender	Female	95.4	0.0	93.5	0.0	91.2	0.0	88.4	0.0
Race	White	96.0	0.0	94.2	0.0	92.0	0.0	89.5	0.0
	Black	96.5	0.0	95.0	0.1	93.2	0.1	90.7	0.1
	Hispanic	94.2	0.1	92.4	0.1	90.9	0.1	88.1	0.1
	AI/AN	91.7	0.5	90.1	0.5	86.2	0.6	85.9	0.6
	Asian	96.5	0.2	94.6	0.2	91.8	0.3	88.4	0.3
Age	Under 65	96.5	0.0	95.0	0.0	93.4	0.1	91.1	0.1
	65-74	96.3	0.0	94.6	0.1	92.7	0.1	90.4	0.1
	75-84	96.0	0.0	94.4	0.0	92.3	0.1	89.7	0.1
	85 and over	94.9	0.1	92.6	0.1	89.8	0.1	86.6	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 4_3_2-1: 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_3_2-1.html