Table 1.

Quality Measures in the Hospital Compare Database

Condition	Measure Name	Average (%)	Percent Publicizing (%)
Heart attack	Patients given ACE inhibitor or ARB for left ventricular systolic dysfunction	80	73
Heart attack	Patients given aspirin at arrival	92	87
Heart attack	Patients given aspirin at discharge	89	85
Heart attack	Patients given β-blocker at arrival	85	87
Heart attack	Patients given β-blocker at discharge	87	85
Heart attack	Patients given PCI within 120 minutes of arrival	64	30
Heart attack	Patients given smoking cessation advice/counseling	79	65
Heart attack	Patients given thrombolytic medication within 30 minutes of arrival	30	41
Heart failure	Patients given ACE inhibitor or ARB for left ventricular systolic dysfunction	80	89
Heart failure	Patients given assessment of left ventricular function	80	93
Heart failure	Patients given discharge instructions	52	83
Heart failure	Patients given smoking cessation advice/counseling	74	81
Pneumonia	Patients assessed and given pneumococcal vaccination	56	94
Pneumonia	Patients given initial antibiotic(s) within 4 hours after arrival	77	93
Pneumonia	Patients given oxygenation assessment	99	94
Pneumonia	Patients given smoking cessation advice/counseling	71	83
Pneumonia	Patients given the most appropriate initial antibiotic(s)	78	84
Pneumonia	Patients having a blood culture performed before first antibiotic received in hospital	82	84
Surgical infection prevention	Surgery patients who received preventative antibiotic(s) 1 hour before incision	74	35
Surgical infection prevention	Surgery patients whose preventative antibiotic(s) are stopped within 24 hours after surgery	67	35