Table 2.

Change in Hospital Performance Indicators in Lazio and in Other Italian Regions in 2006/2007 and 2008/2009

	2006–2007			2008–2009			Change between 2008–09 and 2006–07
	Crude Proportion	Risk-Adjusted Proportion*	Total N.	Crude Proportion	Risk-Adjusted Proportion*	Total N.	RR	p-value	Absolute Difference
AMI patients with PCI performed within 48 hours
Lazio	22.97	22.49	18,877	29.34	29.43	17,190	1.31	<0.001	6.94
Other regions	22.79	22.48	178,059	26.71	27.09	166,927	1.21	<0.001	4.61
Hip fracture patients operated within 48 hours
Lazio	11.76	11.73	12,585	15.77	15.78	12,469	1.34	<0.001	4.05
Other regions	29.32	29.36	113,436	28.61	28.57	112,222	0.97	<0.001	−0.79
Primary cesarean deliveries
Lazio	33.61	34.58	92,218	33.80	35.30	87,744	1.02	0.012	0.72
Other regions	29.99	30.49	796,223	28.93	28.11	760,785	0.92	<0.001	−2.38

^*Proportion of PCI adjusted for age, gender, vascular diseases, previous AMI, other coronary heart disease, chronic cerebrovascular diseases, chronic kidney diseases, previous PCI, cardiac dysrhythmias, heart failure, malignant neoplasms, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, previous CABG, obesity, blood disorders, other cardiac diseases, and other chronic diseases; Proportion of hip fracture surgeries adjusted for age, gender, hypertension, other coronary heart disease, chronic cerebrovascular diseases, chronic kidney diseases, cardiac dysrhythmias,chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, dementia including Alzheimer's disease, other cardiac disorders, other chronic diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, and osteoporosis; Proportion of cesarian deliveries adjusted for age, premature rupture of membranes, fetal distress, disorders of amniotic fluid, disproportionate fetal growth, post-term delivery, multiple gestation, intrauterine growth retardation, and other maternal and fetal diseases.

AMI, acute myocardial infarction; CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention.