Table 8_2_4-1

2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

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Table 8_2_4.1
Hospital patients with pneumonia who received the initial antibiotic dose consistent with current recommendations,^a United States, 2005-2008
		2008		2007		2006		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		89.0	0.1	88.7	0.1	85.2	0.1	79.9	0.1
Gender	Male	88.9	0.1	88.5	0.1	85.2	0.1	79.8	0.1
Gender	Female	89.1	0.1	88.9	0.1	85.3	0.1	79.9	0.1
Race	White	89.0	0.1	88.7	0.1	85.4	0.1	80.2	0.1
	Black	89.7	0.2	89.8	0.2	85.9	0.2	79.2	0.2
	Hispanic	88.1	0.2	87.3	0.2	82.7	0.2	77.1	0.2
	AI/AN	85.3	0.7	85.8	0.7	81.2	0.7	78.4	0.7
	Asian	89.7	0.4	88.3	0.4	83.9	0.4	78.3	0.4
Age	Under 65	89.4	0.1	89.3	0.1	85.4	0.1	80.4	0.1
	65-74	88.0	0.1	87.7	0.1	84.7	0.1	79.7	0.1
	75-84	88.9	0.1	88.5	0.1	85.3	0.1	79.8	0.1
	85 and over	89.6	0.1	88.8	0.1	85.3	0.1	79.2	0.1

^a Patients with health care-associated pneumonia were excluded from the denominator.

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_4-1: 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_4-1.html