Table 8_2_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 8_2_2.1
Hospital patients with pneumonia who had blood cultures collected before antibiotics were administered, United States, 2005-2008
		2008		2007		2006		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		92.9	0.0	90.8	0.0	90.0	0.0	82.9	0.0
Gender	Male	93.0	0.1	91.0	0.1	90.1	0.1	83.2	0.1
Gender	Female	92.8	0.1	90.6	0.1	89.9	0.1	82.5	0.1
Race	White	93.4	0.0	91.4	0.0	90.6	0.1	83.5	0.1
	Black	91.4	0.1	88.9	0.1	88.1	0.1	80.6	0.1
	Hispanic	90.1	0.2	87.9	0.2	86.7	0.2	79.2	0.2
	AI/AN	89.7	0.5	88.7	0.6	88.8	0.6	83.7	0.6
	Asian	92.5	0.3	90.3	0.3	90.3	0.3	83.9	0.4
Age	Under 65	91.7	0.1	89.3	0.1	88.4	0.1	80.7	0.1
	65-74	93.2	0.1	91.1	0.1	90.1	0.1	83.1	0.1
	75-84	93.7	0.1	91.7	0.1	91.0	0.1	84.1	0.1
	85 and over	93.7	0.1	92.0	0.1	91.2	0.1	84.7	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 8_2_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/nhqrdr10/8_respiratorydiseases/T8_2_2-1.html