Table 11_2_4-3

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_4.3
Hospital patients with heart attack who were given percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) within 90 minutes of arrival, by State, 2004 and 2007^a
State	2007		2004
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	59.5	0.6	36.9	1.4
Alabama	62.4	3.2	27.7	6.8
Alaska	*	*	*	*
Arizona	48.8	3.3	42.3	10.0
Arkansas	55.0	4.7	*	*
California	59.8	2.1	33.0	3.6
Colorado	70.9	3.9	*	*
Connecticut	63.1	4.3	*	*
Delaware	*	*	*	*
District of Columbia	*	*	*	*
Florida	58.5	2.3	38.9	7.5
Georgia	56.4	4.5	43.3	6.4
Hawaii	49.3	7.5	*	*
Idaho	77.4	5.7	*	*
Illinois	55.1	2.7	44.8	4.6
Indiana	57.7	3.9	34.4	6.4
Iowa	69.9	5.6	*	*
Kansas	63.3	5.7	38.8	10.3
Kentucky	50.8	5.7	*	*
Louisiana	39.0	4.0	*	*
Maine	*	*	*	*
Maryland	47.4	3.8	*	*
Massachusetts	69.5	3.1	*	*
Michigan	64.3	2.6	36.2	9.2
Minnesota	84.5	2.9	64.8	11.8
Mississippi	46.0	5.2	*	*
Missouri	65.1	3.9	*	*
Montana	74.1	5.2	58.0	11.8
Nebraska	77.4	6.8	*	*
Nevada	34.8	4.9	16.8	5.0
New Hampshire	65.0	7.9	*	*
New Jersey	55.4	3.1	*	*
New Mexico	49.9	11.3	*	*
New York	63.6	2.5	55.3	9.3
North Carolina	73.4	3.5	*	*
North Dakota	78.3	7.8	*	*
Ohio	61.8	2.5	40.3	6.6
Oklahoma	60.7	5.3	*	*
Oregon	62.3	4.8	37.0	10.4
Pennsylvania	57.5	2.6	25.2	6.8
Rhode Island	*	*	*	*
South Carolina	60.4	4.5	*	*
South Dakota	*	*	*	*
Tennessee	54.2	3.2	23.6	6.8
Texas	56.0	2.4	37.6	4.9
Utah	52.9	4.7	*	*
Vermont	*	*	*	*
Virginia	64.6	3.8	30.2	7.1
Washington	66.8	3.7	50.0	8.9
West Virginia	66.1	6.2	*	*
Wisconsin	74.6	3.0	35.7	7.5
Wyoming	*	*	*	*

^a Data were downloaded from http://www.medicare.gov/Download/DownloadDB.asp in late April each year. Estimates are calculated using hospital-level scores. The 2005 and 2006 estimates are within 120 minutes of arrival.

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 11_2_4-3: 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_4-3.html