National Healthcare Disparities Report - LDI Health Economist
National Healthcare Disparities Report - LDI Health Economist
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Effectiveness of Care<br />
Figure 2.7. Inpatient deaths per 1,000 adult hospital admissions with heart attack, by race/ethnicity and<br />
area income, 2001-2008<br />
120<br />
White<br />
Black<br />
Hispanic<br />
API<br />
120<br />
Q1 (Lowest)<br />
Q2<br />
Q3<br />
Q4 (Highest)<br />
100<br />
100<br />
Deaths per 1,000 Admissions<br />
80<br />
60<br />
40<br />
20<br />
0<br />
2008 Achievable Benchmark: 47<br />
2001<br />
2002<br />
2003<br />
2004<br />
2005<br />
2006<br />
2007<br />
2008<br />
Key: API = Asian or Pacific Islander; Q1 represents the lowest income quartile and Q4 represents the highest income quartile based<br />
on the median income of a patient’s ZIP Code of residence.<br />
Source: Agency for <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> Research and Quality, <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample, State<br />
Inpatient Databases disparities analysis file, and AHRQ Quality Indicators modified version 4.1, 2001-2008.<br />
Denominator: Adults age 18 and over admitted to a non-Federal community hospital in the United States with acute myocardial<br />
infarction as principal discharge diagnosis.<br />
Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. Rates are adjusted by age and all payer refined-diagnosis related group scoring of risk<br />
of mortality. White, Black, and API groups are non-Hispanic; Hispanic includes all races.<br />
Deaths per 1,000 Admissions<br />
80<br />
60<br />
40<br />
20<br />
0<br />
2008 Achievable Benchmark: 47<br />
2001<br />
2002<br />
2003<br />
2004<br />
2005<br />
2006<br />
2007<br />
2008<br />
Chapter 2 Cardiovascular Disease<br />
n From 2001 to 2008, the overall inpatient mortality rate for hospital admissions with heart attack<br />
decreased significantly (data not shown) and for each racial/ethnic and area income group (Figure<br />
2.7).<br />
n In all years, Blacks had lower inpatient mortality rates than Whites.<br />
n In all years, residents of the two lowest income quartiles had higher inpatient mortality rates than<br />
residents of the highest income quartile.<br />
n The 2008 top 3 State achievable benchmark for inpatient heart attack mortality was 47 per 1,000<br />
admissions. ix At current rates of improvement, all racial/ethnic and area income groups would attain<br />
the benchmark within the next 4 years.<br />
Also, in the NHQR:<br />
n In all years, patients ages 45-64 and 65 and over had higher rates of inpatient heart attack deaths<br />
than patients ages 18-44. Residents of small metropolitan, micropolitan, and noncore (rural) areas<br />
had higher rates of inpatient heart attack mortality than residents of large fringe metropolitan areas.<br />
ix<br />
The top 3 States that contributed to the achievable benchmark are Arizona, Michigan, and Ohio.<br />
<strong>National</strong> <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> <strong>Disparities</strong> <strong>Report</strong>, 2011<br />
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