Table 4_2_3-2

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_3.2
Hospital patients with heart attack who were prescribed aspirin at discharge, by State, 2005 and 2006
State	2006		2005
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
United States^a	96.5	0.4	95.6	0.4
Alabama	96.2	0.2	95.6	0.2
Alaska	96.9	0.7	96.4	0.8
Arizona	96.5	0.2	95.7	0.3
Arkansas	94.9	0.3	93.6	0.4
California	96.0	0.1	94.8	0.1
Colorado	98.3	0.2	98.1	0.2
Connecticut	98.1	0.2	96.5	0.3
Delaware	97.6	0.4	97.6	0.4
District of Columbia	95.0	0.6	93.8	0.9
Florida	94.9	0.1	92.7	0.2
Georgia	95.8	0.2	93.6	0.3
Hawaii	94.0	0.6	91.9	0.6
Idaho	98.8	0.3	98.6	0.3
Illinois	96.2	0.2	94.9	0.2
Indiana	97.2	0.2	96.7	0.2
Iowa	97.8	0.2	97.8	0.2
Kansas	95.7	0.3	96.1	0.3
Kentucky	96.8	0.2	95.4	0.2
Louisiana	94.6	0.3	93.1	0.3
Maine	96.9	0.4	96.4	0.4
Maryland	96.5	0.3	95.4	0.3
Massachusetts	98.5	0.1	98.2	0.1
Michigan	97.3	0.1	96.9	0.1
Minnesota	98.3	0.2	97.7	0.2
Mississippi	95.0	0.3	93.8	0.4
Missouri	97.2	0.2	96.0	0.2
Montana	97.7	0.4	97.7	0.4
Nebraska	98.4	0.3	97.7	0.3
Nevada	95.2	0.4	94.9	0.4
New Hampshire	98.0	0.4	97.1	0.4
New Jersey	96.9	0.2	96.1	0.2
New Mexico	95.8	0.4	94.4	0.5
New York	96.9	0.1	96.0	0.1
North Carolina	97.9	0.1	97.1	0.2
North Dakota	98.7	0.3	98.2	0.4
Ohio	97.2	0.1	96.7	0.1
Oklahoma	95.9	0.3	94.2	0.3
Oregon	97.6	0.2	97.0	0.2
Pennsylvania	97.4	0.1	96.2	0.1
Puerto Rico	77.6	0.7	77.2	0.8
Rhode Island	97.9	0.4	97.2	0.4
South Carolina	96.9	0.2	96.0	0.3
South Dakota	98.6	0.3	98.8	0.3
Tennessee	96.0	0.2	94.2	0.2
Texas	95.3	0.1	93.6	0.2
Utah	97.3	0.3	95.9	0.4
Vermont	98.2	0.5	97.2	0.6
Virginia	96.8	0.2	96.5	0.2
Washington	97.8	0.2	96.5	0.2
West Virginia	96.5	0.3	95.7	0.3
Wisconsin	97.7	0.2	97.2	0.2
Wyoming	95.1	0.9	96.6	0.8

^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_3-2: 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_3-2.html