Table 8_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 8_2_1.1
Hospital patients with pneumonia who received recommended hospital care,^a United States, 2007-2008
		2008		2007
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		89.8	0.0	87.0	0.0
Gender	Male	90.0	0.0	87.0	0.0
Gender	Female	89.8	0.0	86.9	0.0
Race	White	90.7	0.0	87.8	0.0
	Black	87.6	0.1	84.5	0.1
	Hispanic	85.2	0.1	82.1	0.1
	AI/AN	84.8	0.3	83.2	0.3
	Asian	87.6	0.2	83.2	0.2
Age^b	Under 65	89.6	0.0	87.7	0.0
	65-74	89.4	0.0	86.2	0.0
	75-84	90.4	0.0	87.2	0.0
	85 and over	89.9	0.0	86.5	0.1

^a Recommended hospital care for pneumonia includes collecting blood cultures before administering the first dose of antibiotics, administering the first dose of antibiotics within 6 hours of patient�s arrival at the hospital, administering the recommended empirical antibiotic regimen consistent with current guidelines, screening for influenza vaccine status and vaccinating prior to discharge for patients age 50 and over discharged during the winter, and screening for pneumococcal vaccine status and vaccinating prior to discharge for patients age 65 and over.

^b The estimate for patients under age 65 does not include screening for pneumococcal vaccine status and vaccinating measure and only includes patients ages 50 to 64 for the screening for influenza vaccine status and vaccinating measure.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; SE: standard error.

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

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 8_2_1-1: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/8_respiratorydiseases/T8_2_1-1.html