Table 1.42b
Percent of AMI patients who received recommended hospital care,a all payers, by State, 2005 |
| State |
2005 |
| Percent |
Standard error |
| United States |
93.5 |
1.9 |
| Alabama |
92.4 |
0.1 |
| Alaska |
94.0 |
0.5 |
| Arizona |
93.2 |
0.1 |
| Arkansas |
91.6 |
0.2 |
| California |
93.4 |
0.1 |
| Colorado |
96.8 |
0.1 |
| Connecticut |
94.4 |
0.2 |
| Delaware |
95.5 |
0.3 |
| District of Columbia |
91.3 |
0.5 |
| Florida |
91.8 |
0.1 |
| Georgia |
92.2 |
0.1 |
| Hawaii |
90.1 |
0.3 |
| Idaho |
96.3 |
0.3 |
| Illinois |
93.1 |
0.1 |
| Indiana |
93.6 |
0.1 |
| Iowa |
95.8 |
0.1 |
| Kansas |
94.2 |
0.2 |
| Kentucky |
92.5 |
0.1 |
| Louisiana |
91.5 |
0.2 |
| Maine |
94.8 |
0.2 |
| Maryland |
93.1 |
0.2 |
| Massachusetts |
96.2 |
0.1 |
| Michigan |
95.2 |
0.1 |
| Minnesota |
95.9 |
0.1 |
| Mississippi |
90.6 |
0.2 |
| Missouri |
93.7 |
0.1 |
| Montana |
95.4 |
0.3 |
| Nebraska |
95.3 |
0.2 |
| Nevada |
92.2 |
0.2 |
| New Hampshire |
96.1 |
0.2 |
| New Jersey |
95.8 |
0.1 |
| New Mexico |
90.3 |
0.3 |
| New York |
93.7 |
0.1 |
| North Carolina |
94.9 |
0.1 |
| North Dakota |
96.1 |
0.3 |
| Ohio |
95.1 |
0.1 |
| Oklahoma |
92.2 |
0.2 |
| Oregon |
94.8 |
0.2 |
| Pennsylvania |
93.8 |
0.1 |
| Puerto Rico |
77.8 |
0.3 |
| Rhode Island |
93.6 |
0.3 |
| South Carolina |
94.1 |
0.1 |
| South Dakota |
96.4 |
0.3 |
| Tennessee |
92.1 |
0.1 |
| Texas |
91.9 |
0.1 |
| Utah |
92.7 |
0.3 |
| Vermont |
93.8 |
0.4 |
| Virginia |
94.4 |
0.1 |
| Washington |
94.6 |
0.1 |
| West Virginia |
94.0 |
0.2 |
| Wisconsin |
95.3 |
0.1 |
| Wyoming |
93.3 |
0.6 |
a Recommended hospital care for AMI includes administering aspirin and beta blocker within 24 hours of hospital arrival and at dischange, giving a prescription of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker at discharge to patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction, and giving smoking cessation counseling to smoking patients.
Key: AMI: acute myocardial infarction.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program.
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