Table 4_2_2-2

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 4_2_2.2
Hospital patients with heart attack who received aspirin within 24 hours of admission, by State, 2005 and 2006
State	2006		2005
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
United States^a	96.5	0.2	95.3	0.2
Alabama	94.7	0.3	93.7	0.3
Alaska	98.5	0.7	96.4	0.9
Arizona	96.4	0.2	94.7	0.3
Arkansas	95.2	0.4	94.2	0.4
California	97.1	0.1	96.2	0.1
Colorado	98.5	0.2	98.2	0.2
Connecticut	97.9	0.3	95.7	0.3
Delaware	97.9	0.4	97.1	0.5
District of Columbia	96.5	0.7	96.1	0.8
Florida	95.5	0.1	93.7	0.1
Georgia	95.6	0.2	94.8	0.2
Hawaii	95.7	0.5	92.6	0.6
Idaho	98.6	0.4	96.7	0.6
Illinois	96.5	0.2	95.5	0.2
Indiana	96.7	0.2	95.0	0.2
Iowa	96.9	0.3	96.6	0.3
Kansas	95.4	0.4	96.3	0.3
Kentucky	95.7	0.3	94.0	0.3
Louisiana	96.1	0.3	93.4	0.3
Maine	96.6	0.5	96.0	0.5
Maryland	96.1	0.3	94.1	0.3
Massachusetts	98.1	0.2	97.4	0.2
Michigan	96.9	0.2	95.8	0.2
Minnesota	97.8	0.2	96.7	0.3
Mississippi	94.6	0.4	92.7	0.4
Missouri	97.0	0.2	95.0	0.2
Montana	97.5	0.5	97.3	0.5
Nebraska	97.5	0.4	95.5	0.5
Nevada	97.8	0.3	95.6	0.4
New Hampshire	97.5	0.5	96.3	0.5
New Jersey	96.9	0.2	96.5	0.2
New Mexico	95.8	0.6	93.6	0.6
New York	96.4	0.1	94.7	0.2
North Carolina	97.1	0.2	95.6	0.2
North Dakota	98.0	0.5	97.2	0.6
Ohio	97.3	0.1	96.5	0.1
Oklahoma	96.2	0.3	94.0	0.3
Oregon	97.4	0.3	96.7	0.3
Pennsylvania	96.0	0.1	94.7	0.2
Puerto Rico	87.8	0.5	86.5	0.6
Rhode Island	97.2	0.4	95.6	0.6
South Carolina	96.5	0.3	94.9	0.3
South Dakota	97.7	0.6	95.8	0.7
Tennessee	95.2	0.2	93.7	0.3
Texas	96.5	0.1	94.8	0.1
Utah	96.5	0.5	96.1	0.5
Vermont	97.2	0.8	96.2	0.7
Virginia	96.4	0.2	95.6	0.2
Washington	97.4	0.2	96.8	0.2
West Virginia	95.6	0.4	93.6	0.4
Wisconsin	97.6	0.2	96.6	0.2
Wyoming	93.4	1.3	95.7	1.0

^a The estimate is based on State-level estimates.

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 4_2_2-2: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/4_heartdiseases/T4_2_2-2.html