Table 11_2_4-2

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 11_2_4.2
Median time in minutes from arrival to percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTCA) in heart attack patients with ST segment elevation or left bundle branch block (LBBB) on electrocardiogram (ECG), by State, 2005 and 2006
State	2006	2005
State	Median time (minutes)	Median time (minutes)
United States^a	89	99
Alabama	86	97
Alaska	77	86
Arizona	101	111
Arkansas	96	107
California	89	103
Colorado	78	86
Connecticut	90	102
Delaware	75	76
District of Columbia	118	139
Florida	91	104
Georgia	89	100
Hawaii	111	104
Idaho	75	85
Illinois	89	100
Indiana	87	96
Iowa	74	81
Kansas	87	96
Kentucky	91	98
Louisiana	102	110
Maine	80	90
Maryland	100	105
Massachusetts	81	95
Michigan	87	97
Minnesota	67	73
Mississippi	98	107
Missouri	85	96
Montana	75	83
Nebraska	79	88
Nevada	112	123
New Hampshire	85	95
New Jersey	95	107
New Mexico	88	87
New York	87	100
North Carolina	80	94
North Dakota	66	82
Ohio	84	94
Oklahoma	87	98
Oregon	84	95
Pennsylvania	91	104
Puerto Rico	172	165
Rhode Island	81	106
South Carolina	85	97
South Dakota	86	109
Tennessee	93	106
Texas	91	103
Utah	92	101
Vermont	90	99
Virginia	86	99
Washington	81	87
West Virginia	88	88
Wisconsin	74	87
Wyoming	72	92

^a The estimate for the Total row is based on State-level estimates whereas the estimates for the demographic categories are based on patient/episode-level data.

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

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 11_2_4-2: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/11_timeliness/T11_2_4-2.html