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Table 50
Percent of heart failure patients having evaluation of left ventricular ejection fraction, all payers, United States, 2005
Population group Percent SE
Total   88.4 0.7
Gender Male 91.0 0.0
Female 88.4 0.0
Race White 89.5 0.0
Black 90.7 0.0
Hispanic 88.1 0.1
Native American 85.9 0.6
Asian 88.4 0.3
Age Under 65 91.1 0.1
65-74 90.4 0.0
75-84 89.7 0.0
85 and over 86.6 0.0

Key: SE: standard error.

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

 

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