Table 4_2_6-3

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 4_2_6.3
Hospital patients with heart attack and left ventricular systolic dysfunction who were prescribed ACE inhibitor or ARB at discharge, by State, 2004 and 2007^a��
State	2007		2004
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	85.5	0.4	75.0	0.5
Alabama	78.2	3.7	71.8	4.1
Alaska	96.0	2.2	77.6	8.6
Arizona	82.9	3.0	78.0	2.9
Arkansas	88.0	3.3	71.6	4.2
California	86.9	1.0	73.2	1.7
Colorado	90.2	2.2	83.7	4.3
Connecticut	87.2	1.8	78.8	4.6
Delaware	90.0	3.7	80.4	10.4
District of Columbia	75.9	13.6	84.4	5.2
Florida	85.9	1.2	71.4	1.8
Georgia	81.7	2.6	69.9	3.2
Hawaii	85.1	3.8	66.9	6.7
Idaho	91.6	4.2	79.1	9.6
Illinois	83.7	2.0	75.3	2.4
Indiana	86.4	2.2	77.0	3.0
Iowa	88.5	3.6	74.2	5.2
Kansas	71.8	5.4	78.4	5.1
Kentucky	81.5	3.3	71.2	3.9
Louisiana	88.6	2.2	77.5	3.1
Maine	89.3	2.7	74.6	6.9
Maryland	85.4	1.7	75.0	3.2
Massachusetts	85.8	1.9	85.6	3.0
Michigan	89.0	2.0	78.2	2.8
Minnesota	84.8	3.6	76.9	4.5
Mississippi	81.0	3.6	78.2	4.2
Missouri	85.6	2.8	79.3	3.0
Montana	78.4	8.4	79.6	10.6
Nebraska	91.0	4.0	69.7	7.3
Nevada	87.3	5.3	80.0	4.3
New Hampshire	92.3	2.4	86.9	4.5
New Jersey	87.6	1.9	81.0	2.5
New Mexico	77.2	7.4	64.5	9.0
New York	84.9	1.6	79.6	1.8
North Carolina	85.0	2.0	76.2	3.1
North Dakota	87.9	4.9	86.8	4.3
Ohio	84.8	2.0	79.9	2.0
Oklahoma	80.9	4.3	73.8	4.2
Oregon	91.3	2.0	77.6	4.6
Pennsylvania	82.5	1.4	67.9	2.1
Rhode Island	82.2	5.6	83.3	4.8
South Carolina	88.6	2.7	74.8	3.7
South Dakota	93.6	2.7	82.8	4.7
Tennessee	82.4	3.0	68.1	3.8
Texas	87.8	1.2	71.3	2.1
Utah	88.2	4.0	71.4	8.2
Vermont	93.7	3.3	97.7	2.3
Virginia	89.9	1.6	76.0	3.0
Washington	89.6	1.8	75.7	4.2
West Virginia	83.2	4.0	70.7	5.1
Wisconsin	84.8	2.6	77.6	3.4
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.

* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: ACE: angiotensin-converting enzyme; ARB: angiotensin receptor blocker; SE: standard error.

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

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 4_2_6-3: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/4_heartdiseases/T4_2_6-3.html