Table 1.

Characteristics of Hospitals and Patients, and Unadjusted Inpatient Mortality in the 2006 National Inpatient Sample for All AMI ICD codes

	% of Hospitals Reporting AHA Identification and > 24 Hospital Compare PCI Cases – Inclusion Group	% of Hospitals Reporting AHA Identification and < 25 Hospital Compare PCI Cases	% of Hospitals Not Reporting either AHA Identification or Hospital Compare PCI Quality Measure
Hospital Characteristics	n=116	n=57	n=826
Location – rural	1	10	17
Region
Midwest	20	23	23
Northeast	15	23	16
South	40	24	51
West	25	30	9
Bed Size
Large	81	15	18
Medium	14	30	32
Small	5	16	49
Teaching Hospital	59	32	41
Patient Characteristics	n=69,101	n=24,321	n=106,592
Sex, male	59	56	53
Age, years
18–44	9	9	9
45–64	36	37	38
65–84	42	42	42
>84	13	12	11
Race*
White, non-Hispanic	71	68	71
African
American/Black, non-Hispanic	14	17	14
Hispanic	11	10	10
Asian or Pacific Islander	2	2	2
Other	2	3	3
AMI Mortality	4.7	4.9	4.9

AHA = American Hospital Association; PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention; NIS = Nationwide Inpatient Sample; AMI = acute myocardial infarction.

^*Race data were included in 72% of admissions in NIS