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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 12_1_3.1
Adult surgery patients who received prophylactic antibiotics within 1 hour prior to surgical incision, United States,^a 2005-2009
		2009			2008		2007		2006		2005
Population group		Number	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		1,079,415	96.1	0.02	93.1	0.02	88.8	0.31	84.5	0.04	81.0	0.05
Gender	Male	397,420	96.1	0.03	92.9	0.04	88.5	0.32	83.8	0.10	80.5	0.10
Gender	Female	681,937	96.2	0.02	93.2	0.03	89.1	0.31	84.8	0.00	81.2	0.10
Race/ethnicity	White	859,910	96.2	0.02	93.3	0.03	89.3	0.31	85.0	0.00	81.6	0.10
	Black	99,351	96.0	0.06	92.9	0.08	88.2	0.32	83.8	0.10	80.1	0.20
	Hispanic	57,012	95.8	0.08	90.0	0.12	84.5	0.36	78.0	0.20	74.1	0.30
	AI/AN	4,325	93.3	0.38	90.5	0.45	85.3	0.35	82.9	0.60	79.5	0.90
	Asian	15,281	96.5	0.15	93.5	0.20	87.9	0.33	82.7	0.30	76.0	0.60
Age	Under 65	560,560	96.3	0.03	93.3	0.03	89.3	0.31	84.9	0.00	81.4	0.10
	65-74	273,029	96.3	0.04	93.5	0.05	89.3	0.31	85.0	0.10	81.7	0.10
	75-84	192,975	95.9	0.05	92.6	0.06	88.2	0.32	83.7	0.10	80.3	0.10
	85 and over	52,851	94.3	0.10	90.0	0.13	84.9	0.36	79.5	0.20	75.4	0.30

^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.

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: T12_1_3_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/nhqrdr11/12_patientsafety/T12_1_3_1.html