National Healthcare Quality Report, 2006: Table 2.5a

Table 2.5a
Percent of adult surgery patients who received appropriate timing of antibiotics,^a Medicare beneficiaries, United States, 2004
		2004
Population group		Percent	Standard error
Total		57.7	0.2
Gender	Male	56.5	0.3
Gender	Female	59.0	0.4
Race	White	58.4	0.3
	Black	56.3	1.0
	Hispanic	49.0	1.9
	Native American	52.0	2.6
	Asian	55.5	2.4
Age	Under 65	58.7	0.7
	65-74	58.0	0.4
	75-84	58.1	0.4
	85 and over	56.6	0.8

^a Appropriate timing of antibiotics includes receiving prophylactic antibiotics within 1 hour prior to surgical incision, and discontinuing the antibiotics within 24 hours after surgery end time.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program.

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