Table 2.
Differences in processes of care between states with and without public reporting
| Mandated Public Reporting |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 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).