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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 8.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2015 Mar 12;115(11):1494–1501. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.02.050

Table 2.

Differences in processes of care between states with and without public reporting

Mandated Public Reporting
No Yes P-Value*
Red Blood Cell Transfusion 31,856 (2.7%) 3,747 (2.4%) <0.001
PCI performed with Large Contrast Volume 307,902 (30.5%) 42,567 (29.6%) <0.001
Door to balloon time (in patients with immediate PCI for STEMI), minutes, median (25th,75th percentiles)
Discharge Medications in Patients Discharged Alive 62 (47, 78) 62 (46, 78) 0.87
 ACE-Inhibitor/ARB 743,411 (63.7%) 94,651 (61.5%) <0.001
 Aspirin 1,109,767 (95.0%) 148,950 (96.8%) <0.001
 Beta Blockers 944,403 (80.9%) 130,807 (85.0%) <0.001
 Statin 1,011,008 (86.6%) 137,003 (89.1%) <0.001
 Non-Statin 189,742 (16.3%) 22,199 (14.4%) <0.001
 Any Thienopyridines 1,113,558 (96.3%) 148,121 (97.0%) <0.001
  Clopidogrel 971,065 (83.2%) 132,979 (86.5%) <0.001
  Ticlopidine 3,877 (0.3%) 625 (0.4%) <0.001
  Prasugrel 141,028 (12.1%) 14,908 (9.7%) <0.001
*

All tests compare public reporting states to non-public reporting states within each rows’ designated group (e.g. All patients in public reporting states versus all patients in non-public reporting states).