T13_2_4_1

2011 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 13_2_4.1
Hospital patients with heart attack who received fibrinolytic medication within 30 minutes of arrival, United States,^a 2005-2009
		2009			2008		2007		2006		2005
Population group		Number	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		1,646	54.4	1.2	49.4	0.97	50.0	0.8	42.1	0.6	37.9	0.5
Gender	Male	1,180	56.3	1.4	52.1	1.15	53.3	0.9	45.2	0.7	41.1	0.6
Gender	Female	466	49.8	2.3	43.0	1.75	42.0	1.4	34.6	1.0	31.1	0.8
Race/ethnicity	White	1,168	55.7	1.5	51.0	1.17	51.8	0.9	43.6	0.7	38.7	0.5
	Black	156	46.8	4.0	37.8	3.30	44.5	2.9	32.6	2.0	27.7	1.5
	Hispanic	199	52.8	3.5	47.6	2.33	43.2	2.0	37.8	1.6	36.8	1.4
	AI/AN	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Asian	58	58.6	6.5	48.2	5.52	55.5	4.8	45.5	3.9	43.9	3.3
Age	Under 65	1,072	55.3	1.5	52.5	1.24	53.3	1.0	46.0	0.8	41.4	0.6
	65-74	307	56.7	2.8	48.0	2.11	48.1	1.8	41.0	1.3	36.6	1.0
	75-84	175	47.4	3.8	43.5	2.67	40.0	2.1	32.5	1.5	31.4	1.1
	85 and over	92	50.0	5.2	34.5	3.92	42.9	3.5	27.5	2.2	23.6	1.7

^a. 2009 data do not include data from the U.S. territories (Guam, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands); other years do not include Guam and U.S. Virgin Islands.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: 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: T13_2_4_1: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/13_timeliness/T13_2_4_1.html