T8_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 8_2_4.1
Hospital patients with pneumonia who received the initial antibiotic dose consistent with current recommendations,^a United States,^b 2005-2009
		2009			2008		2007		2006		2005
Population group		Number	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		362,176	91.1	0.05	89.0	0.05	88.7	0.05	85.2	0.05	79.9	0.05
Gender	Male	170,680	91.0	0.07	88.9	0.07	88.5	0.07	85.2	0.10	79.8	0.10
Gender	Female	191,465	91.2	0.06	89.1	0.07	88.9	0.07	85.3	0.10	79.9	0.10
Race/ethnicity	White	279,281	91.0	0.05	89.0	0.06	88.7	0.06	85.4	0.10	80.2	0.10
	Black	38,152	91.7	0.14	89.7	0.15	89.8	0.15	85.9	0.20	79.2	0.20
	Hispanic	25,005	91.8	0.17	88.1	0.20	87.3	0.21	82.7	0.20	77.1	0.20
	American Indian/Alaska Native	2,922	88.0	0.60	85.3	0.67	85.8	0.67	81.2	0.70	78.4	0.70
	Asian	6,667	91.2	0.35	89.7	0.38	88.3	0.42	83.9	0.40	78.3	0.40
Age	Under 65	157,351	91.5	0.07	89.4	0.08	89.3	0.08	85.4	0.10	80.4	0.10
	65-74	66,928	90.0	0.12	88.0	0.12	87.7	0.12	84.7	0.10	79.7	0.10
	75-84	80,822	91.0	0.10	88.9	0.10	88.5	0.10	85.3	0.10	79.8	0.10
	85 and over	57,075	91.4	0.12	89.6	0.12	88.8	0.13	85.3	0.10	79.2	0.10

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

^b. 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: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: T8_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/nhqrdr11/8_respiratorydiseases/T8_2_4_1.html