Table 4_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 4_2_4.2
Hospital patients with heart attack who received beta blocker within 24 hours of admission, by State, 2005 and 2006
State	2006		2005
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
United States^a	93.2	0.5	91.5	0.6
Alabama	90.9	0.4	88.4	0.4
Alaska	93.7	1.4	92.8	1.4
Arizona	91.5	0.4	90.7	0.4
Arkansas	89.1	0.6	88.6	0.6
California	93.4	0.2	92.5	0.2
Colorado	96.0	0.4	95.8	0.4
Connecticut	95.3	0.4	93.6	0.4
Delaware	93.9	0.7	92.6	0.8
District of Columbia	90.6	1.2	91.0	1.3
Florida	91.8	0.2	90.0	0.2
Georgia	93.0	0.3	89.6	0.3
Hawaii	93.2	0.7	88.0	0.8
Idaho	96.5	0.7	96.3	0.7
Illinois	93.3	0.2	92.1	0.2
Indiana	93.3	0.3	89.7	0.4
Iowa	94.9	0.4	93.8	0.4
Kansas	91.8	0.6	90.8	0.6
Kentucky	90.0	0.4	87.7	0.5
Louisiana	91.8	0.4	89.5	0.4
Maine	96.0	0.5	94.9	0.5
Maryland	92.5	0.4	91.1	0.4
Massachusetts	96.5	0.2	96.5	0.2
Michigan	94.7	0.2	94.0	0.2
Minnesota	95.3	0.4	93.7	0.4
Mississippi	87.5	0.6	84.6	0.6
Missouri	93.5	0.3	90.4	0.4
Montana	95.4	0.7	96.0	0.7
Nebraska	95.0	0.6	93.4	0.6
Nevada	91.8	0.6	89.5	0.6
New Hampshire	97.9	0.5	96.6	0.5
New Jersey	95.6	0.2	95.4	0.2
New Mexico	90.5	0.9	90.1	0.8
New York	94.8	0.2	93.5	0.2
North Carolina	94.0	0.3	92.2	0.3
North Dakota	95.7	0.8	92.7	0.9
Ohio	94.7	0.2	94.0	0.2
Oklahoma	92.4	0.5	86.9	0.5
Oregon	95.3	0.4	94.3	0.4
Pennsylvania	94.1	0.2	92.7	0.2
Puerto Rico	75.5	0.7	71.0	0.8
Rhode Island	95.6	0.6	94.3	0.7
South Carolina	94.1	0.4	91.3	0.4
South Dakota	95.5	0.9	93.1	1.0
Tennessee	90.8	0.4	88.5	0.4
Texas	93.0	0.2	89.8	0.2
Utah	91.5	0.8	89.4	0.9
Vermont	94.3	1.3	94.6	0.9
Virginia	93.9	0.3	92.1	0.3
Washington	95.4	0.3	94.4	0.3
West Virginia	92.4	0.5	91.1	0.5
Wisconsin	94.7	0.4	93.7	0.4
Wyoming	90.2	1.6	88.9	1.6

^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_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/nhqrdr08/4_heartdiseases/T4_2_4-2.html