Table 3.

Characteristics of patients observed for measures of quality of care related to ECG monitoring (N = 4,587 patients)

Characteristic		N	%
Gender (N = 4,579)
	Male	2,625	57.3%
	Female	1,954	42.7%
Race (N = 4,477)
	White	3,694	82.5%
	Black	546	12.2%
	Asian	200	4.5%
	Other/Mixed	37	0.8%
Ethnicity (N = 4,475)
	Hispanic or Latino	226	5.1%
	Not Hispanic or Latino	4,249	94.9%
Primary Admission Diagnosis (N = 4,582)
	Non-cardiac	1,531	33.4%
	Acute MI or rule out MI	687	15.0%
	Heart failure	672	14.7%
	Arrhythmia or syncope	661	14.4%
	Other cardiac	1,031	22.5%

Characteristic	Mean±SD	Median	Range
Age in Years (N = 4,576)	65.54±5.28	67.00	1-103

MI indicates myocardial infarction.