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Table 6 Performance on quality measures in the sample hospitals versus China-PEACE

From: Level and variation on quality of care in China: a cross-sectional study for the acute myocardial infarction patients in tertiary hospitals in Beijing

Quality indicators

China-PEACEa

14 Beijing hospitals

2006 (n = 3626)

2011 (n = 6643)

2014 (n = 1228)

Aspirin within 24 h

86.8 (85.7–87.9)

91.2 (90.5–91.8)

94.2 (93.9–94.5)

Aspirin prescribed at discharge

N/A

N/A

97.0 (96.8–97.2)

Beta-blocker within 24 h

63.7 (61.4–66.0)

57.3 (55.6–59.0)

N/A

Beta-blocker prescribed at discharge

N/A

N/A

83.6 (83.0–84.1)

Statin prescribed at discharge

75.9 (74.5–77.3)

92.5 (91.9–93.1)

96.3 (96.0–96.5)

ACEI or ARB for LVSD

70.7 (69.2–72.2)

66.4 (65.2–67.5)

61.4 (60.7–62.2)

  1. ACEI = angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, ARB = angiotensin receptor blockers, LVSD = left ventricular systolic dysfunction, N/A = not applicable
  2. Note: percentage with 95% CI in the parentheses is shown
  3. aData comes from China Patient-centered Evaluative Assessment of Cardiac Events Retrospective Study of Acute Myocardial Infarction (China PEACE)