Table 4_3_1-2

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_3_1.2
Hospital patients with heart failure who received recommended hospital care (evaluation of left ventricular ejection fraction and ACE inhibitor or ARB prescription at discharge, if indicated, for left ventricular systolic dysfunction), by State, 2005 and 2006
State	2006		2005
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
United States^a	89.2	0.0	86.9	0.0
Alabama	88.2	0.2	86.9	0.2
Alaska	91.5	0.8	92.7	0.8
Arizona	89.7	0.2	87.7	0.3
Arkansas	87.0	0.3	82.3	0.3
California	90.0	0.1	87.2	0.1
Colorado	90.6	0.3	88.3	0.3
Connecticut	93.4	0.2	91.3	0.2
Delaware	90.2	0.6	87.2	0.6
District of Columbia	86.3	0.5	85.0	0.6
Florida	90.9	0.1	88.0	0.1
Georgia	87.4	0.2	85.0	0.2
Hawaii	84.9	0.6	82.8	0.6
Idaho	90.0	0.6	86.6	0.7
Illinois	91.5	0.1	89.0	0.1
Indiana	89.3	0.2	85.8	0.2
Iowa	89.9	0.3	87.8	0.3
Kansas	83.8	0.4	83.1	0.4
Kentucky	87.3	0.2	83.0	0.2
Louisiana	87.5	0.2	84.0	0.2
Maine	93.2	0.4	91.0	0.4
Maryland	90.9	0.2	89.7	0.2
Massachusetts	92.9	0.2	90.7	0.2
Michigan	93.5	0.1	92.1	0.1
Minnesota	89.4	0.2	87.2	0.3
Mississippi	86.8	0.3	83.0	0.3
Missouri	89.7	0.2	87.6	0.2
Montana	87.5	0.6	82.7	0.7
Nebraska	90.7	0.4	88.7	0.4
Nevada	89.7	0.4	88.6	0.4
New Hampshire	94.2	0.4	92.4	0.4
New Jersey	94.5	0.1	92.9	0.1
New Mexico	80.5	0.6	78.4	0.6
New York	91.9	0.1	89.0	0.1
North Carolina	91.7	0.1	88.9	0.2
North Dakota	83.0	0.8	87.2	0.7
Ohio	92.7	0.1	90.4	0.1
Oklahoma	88.2	0.3	85.1	0.3
Oregon	88.8	0.3	87.3	0.4
Pennsylvania	91.1	0.1	89.2	0.1
Puerto Rico	81.4	0.4	79.0	0.4
Rhode Island	93.1	0.4	92.2	0.4
South Carolina	92.1	0.2	89.3	0.2
South Dakota	87.2	0.7	87.1	0.7
Tennessee	87.7	0.2	85.8	0.2
Texas	88.9	0.1	85.1	0.1
Utah	90.2	0.5	88.0	0.5
Vermont	92.3	0.7	87.1	0.8
Virginia	91.2	0.2	87.7	0.2
Washington	90.1	0.2	87.6	0.3
West Virginia	89.9	0.3	86.9	0.3
Wisconsin	92.1	0.2	89.2	0.2
Wyoming	74.3	1.3	68.8	1.4

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

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

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

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 4_3_1-2: 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_3_1-2.html