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Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2012 Dec 12;127(1):e6–e245. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0b013e31828124ad

Table 21-6.

Additional ACTION-GWTG Quality-of-Care Metrics for ACS Care, 2011

Quality Metrics	Overall	STEMI	NSTEMI
ECG within 10 min of arrival	62.4	74.2	57.1
Aspirin within 24 h of arrival	97.6	98.4	97.1
Any anticoagulant use^*	93.2	95.4	91.7
Dosing error
UFH dose	48.6	47.5	49.4
Enoxaparin dose	11.8	10.6	11.9
Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor dose	7.2	7.4	7.0
Aspirin at discharge	98.3	98.9	97.9
Prescribed statins on discharge	98.4	99	98.1
Adult smoking cessation advice/counseling	98.4	98.7	98.1
Cardiac rehabilitation referral	76.5	83.2	72
In-hospital mortality^† (95% CI)	4.6 (4.4–4.7)	5.9 (5.7–6.2)	3.7(3.5–3.8)

Values are percentages.

ACTION-GWTG indicates Acute Coronary Treatment and Intervention Outcomes Registry–Get With The Guidelines; ACS, acute coronary syndrome; STEMI, ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; NSTEMI, non–ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; ECG, electrocardiogram; UFH, unfractionated heparin; and CI, confidence interval.

Includes UFH, low-molecular-weight heparin, or direct thrombin inhibitor use.

^†

Excludes transfer-out patients.