Table 10_3_4-1

2008 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 10_3_4.1
Hospital patients with an anticoagulant-related adverse drug event with IV heparin, United States, 2004 and 2006^a
Population group		2006				2004
Population group		Exposed	Adverse events	Percent	SE	Exposed	Adverse events	Percent	SE
Total		1,470	228	15.5	0.9	2,244	327	14.6	0.7
Age	Under 65	220	38	17.3	2.6	353	35	9.9	1.6
	65–74	517	73	14.1	1.5	855	117	13.7	1.2
	75–84	515	87	16.9	1.7	798	134	16.8	1.3
	85 and over	218	30	13.8	2.3	238	41	17.2	2.4
Gender	Male	765	116	15.2	1.3	1,191	171	14.4	1.0
Gender	Female	705	112	15.9	1.4	1,053	156	14.8	1.1
Race	White	1,253	187	14.9	1.0	1,904	281	14.8	0.8
	Black	148	30	20.3	3.3	230	34	14.8	2.3
	Other	69	11	15.9	4.4	110	12	10.9	3.0
Diabetes	Yes	572	98	17.1	1.6	819	118	14.4	1.2
Diabetes	No	898	130	14.5	1.2	1,425	209	14.7	0.9
Obesity	Yes	260	39	15.0	2.2	307	39	12.7	1.9
Obesity	No	1,210	189	15.6	1.0	1,937	288	14.9	0.8
Cerebrovascular disease	Yes	419	78	18.6	1.9	669	102	15.2	1.4
Cerebrovascular disease	No	1,051	150	14.3	1.1	1,575	225	14.3	0.9
CHF/pulmonary edema	Yes	609	116	19.1	1.6	837	151	18.0	1.3
CHF/pulmonary edema	No	861	112	13.0	1.2	1,407	176	12.5	0.9
COPD	Yes	476	93	19.5	1.8	660	111	16.8	1.5
COPD	No	994	135	13.6	1.1	1,584	216	13.6	0.9
Smoking	Yes	247	37	15.0	2.3	411	64	15.6	1.8
Smoking	No	1,223	191	15.6	1.0	1,833	263	14.3	0.8
Cancer	Yes	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	463	79	17.1	1.7
Cancer	No	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	1,781	248	13.9	0.8
Corticosteroids	Yes	106	19	17.9	3.7	162	33	20.4	3.2
Corticosteroids	No	1,364	209	15.3	1.0	2,082	294	14.1	0.8
Coronary artery disease	Yes	951	149	15.7	1.2	1,594	251	15.7	0.9
Coronary artery disease	No	519	79	15.2	1.6	650	76	11.7	1.3
Renal disease	Yes	564	123	21.8	1.7	702	122	17.4	1.4
Renal disease	No	906	105	11.6	1.1	1,542	205	13.3	0.9

^a Data include Medicare beneficiaries discharged from January to December.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

Key: CHF: congestive heart failure; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 10_3_4-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/10_patientsafety/T10_3_4-1.html