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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 13_2_4.3
Hospital patients with heart attack who were given fibrinolytic medication within 30 minutes of arrival, by State, 2005 and 2008a
  2008 2005
State Percent SE Percent SE
Total 40.6 1.4 30.1 0.7
Alabama DSU DSU 26.2 5.9
Alaska DSU DSU DSU DSU
Arizona DSU DSU DSU DSU
Arkansas 41.8 10.9 33.4 6.5
California 44.9 3.2 32.0 2.0
Colorado DSU DSU DSU DSU
Connecticut DSU DSU DSU DSU
Delaware DSU DSU DSU DSU
District of Columbia DSU DSU DSU DSU
Florida 45.5 7.1 29.0 2.7
Georgia 35.1 6.6 28.4 3.1
Hawaii DSU DSU 45.2 9.7
Idaho DSU DSU DSU DSU
Illinois 27.5 7.7 23.6 4.2
Indiana DSU DSU 36.0 7.5
Iowa DSU DSU DSU DSU
Kansas DSU DSU DSU DSU
Kentucky 46.5 9.9 39.3 5.2
Louisiana 34.6 7.3 22.5 4.5
Maine 71.8 10.8 42.1 5.5
Maryland DSU DSU 33.6 8.4
Massachusetts 51.2 10.7 29.1 6.1
Michigan 43.1 10.8 29.4 4.8
Minnesota DSU DSU 37.1 8.1
Mississippi DSU DSU 39.6 6.6
Missouri 52.2 12.9 36.4 6.0
Montana DSU DSU DSU DSU
Nebraska DSU DSU DSU DSU
Nevada 58.5 12.1 36.1 7.4
New Hampshire DSU DSU DSU DSU
New Jersey 50.8 7.4 28.5 4.4
New Mexico 60.3 11.4 DSU DSU
New York 35.2 4.4 36.0 3.0
North Carolina 38.5 10.0 24.2 4.6
North Dakota DSU DSU DSU DSU
Ohio 53.9 11.2 34.2 4.4
Oklahoma DSU DSU 35.5 6.1
Oregon DSU DSU 24.8 6.5
Pennsylvania 29.2 6.8 25.4 3.5
Rhode Island DSU DSU DSU DSU
South Carolina 52.3 11.2 27.4 5.5
South Dakota DSU DSU DSU DSU
Tennessee 57.5 10.1 33.7 4.9
Texas 26.3 4.4 24.2 2.4
Utah DSU DSU DSU DSU
Vermont DSU DSU DSU DSU
Virginia 50.5 9.2 33.1 4.2
Washington DSU DSU DSU DSU
West Virginia DSU DSU 27.4 5.5
Wisconsin DSU DSU DSU DSU
Wyoming DSU DSU DSU DSU

a Data were downloaded from http://www.medicare.gov/Download/DownloadDB.asp in late April each year. Estimates are calculated using hospital-level scores.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital Compare.

 

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