Table 4_2_5-2

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_5.2
Hospital patients with heart attack who were prescribed beta blocker at discharge, by State, 2005 and 2006
State	2006		2005
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
United States^a	95.8	0.5	94.5	0.5
Alabama	94.6	0.3	93.4	0.3
Alaska	96.1	0.8	94.7	1.0
Arizona	95.9	0.2	94.6	0.3
Arkansas	93.5	0.4	91.7	0.4
California	94.9	0.1	93.2	0.1
Colorado	97.6	0.2	97.1	0.3
Connecticut	97.1	0.3	96.0	0.3
Delaware	96.8	0.5	96.6	0.5
District of Columbia	94.5	0.6	92.3	1.0
Florida	95.0	0.1	92.9	0.2
Georgia	95.6	0.2	93.4	0.3
Hawaii	95.3	0.5	92.4	0.6
Idaho	98.0	0.4	96.5	0.5
Illinois	95.8	0.2	94.2	0.2
Indiana	97.0	0.2	95.3	0.2
Iowa	97.3	0.2	96.4	0.3
Kansas	93.7	0.4	94.9	0.4
Kentucky	95.9	0.2	93.8	0.3
Louisiana	94.3	0.3	93.0	0.3
Maine	97.4	0.3	96.9	0.4
Maryland	95.5	0.3	94.6	0.3
Massachusetts	98.4	0.1	97.8	0.1
Michigan	97.3	0.1	96.3	0.2
Minnesota	98.4	0.2	97.2	0.2
Mississippi	93.5	0.4	91.0	0.4
Missouri	96.6	0.2	95.0	0.2
Montana	95.6	0.5	95.7	0.6
Nebraska	97.6	0.3	97.1	0.3
Nevada	93.7	0.5	90.5	0.6
New Hampshire	99.1	0.2	97.2	0.4
New Jersey	97.0	0.2	96.6	0.2
New Mexico	94.0	0.5	91.9	0.6
New York	96.7	0.1	95.5	0.1
North Carolina	97.4	0.1	96.1	0.2
North Dakota	97.8	0.4	96.9	0.5
Ohio	97.3	0.1	96.3	0.1
Oklahoma	96.0	0.3	93.6	0.3
Oregon	96.8	0.3	95.0	0.3
Pennsylvania	97.4	0.1	95.7	0.1
Puerto Rico	76.2	0.7	74.5	0.8
Rhode Island	97.8	0.3	97.0	0.4
South Carolina	97.1	0.2	95.1	0.3
South Dakota	98.1	0.3	97.8	0.4
Tennessee	95.0	0.2	92.7	0.2
Texas	94.7	0.1	92.0	0.2
Utah	93.9	0.5	91.6	0.6
Vermont	97.9	0.5	97.2	0.6
Virginia	97.0	0.2	95.3	0.2
Washington	96.7	0.2	96.2	0.2
West Virginia	97.3	0.2	95.8	0.3
Wisconsin	97.1	0.2	96.1	0.2
Wyoming	92.1	1.2	95.9	0.9

^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_5-2: 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_5-2.html