Table 4_3_1-3

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_3_1.3
Hospital patients with heart failure who received recommended hospital care, by State, 2004 and 2007^a
State	2007		2004
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	84.7	0.2	75.7	0.2
Alabama	84.2	1.3	74.7	1.6
Alaska	84.4	5.4	78.9	5.6
Arizona	84.2	1.6	79.2	2.0
Arkansas	82.8	1.8	65.5	2.4
California	87.0	0.6	75.8	0.8
Colorado	84.9	1.7	75.9	2.7
Connecticut	91.0	1.1	86.2	1.3
Delaware	90.7	2.8	80.9	5.1
District of Columbia	87.4	3.0	86.8	2.4
Florida	87.6	0.8	77.9	0.9
Georgia	82.0	1.2	73.7	1.4
Hawaii	83.5	3.2	75.0	3.6
Idaho	87.1	3.2	76.7	4.1
Illinois	87.4	0.8	79.4	1.0
Indiana	87.9	0.9	75.6	1.4
Iowa	80.4	1.7	72.0	2.3
Kansas	67.1	2.4	64.0	2.4
Kentucky	78.8	1.4	67.2	1.8
Louisiana	83.3	1.6	73.0	1.5
Maine	88.8	1.8	85.9	2.4
Maryland	91.0	0.6	84.4	1.4
Massachusetts	89.6	1.1	85.1	1.1
Michigan	89.8	0.8	80.5	1.3
Minnesota	81.4	1.5	77.0	1.6
Mississippi	80.7	1.6	66.8	2.2
Missouri	83.4	1.4	73.7	1.7
Montana	78.5	2.9	65.9	4.8
Nebraska	76.8	2.5	74.6	2.8
Nevada	79.6	3.8	78.2	2.7
New Hampshire	93.0	1.1	79.2	3.6
New Jersey	92.5	0.6	84.0	1.2
New Mexico	73.0	3.2	66.7	3.1
New York	89.5	0.6	81.6	0.8
North Carolina	89.0	0.8	77.1	1.3
North Dakota	77.3	4.3	75.1	4.1
Ohio	89.3	0.7	82.9	1.0
Oklahoma	75.1	2.0	70.3	1.9
Oregon	84.2	1.8	78.1	2.2
Pennsylvania	86.5	0.7	74.6	1.0
Rhode Island	90.6	1.7	88.6	2.3
South Carolina	88.1	1.0	75.9	1.6
South Dakota	74.7	3.4	67.9	4.0
Tennessee	81.5	1.4	70.4	1.6
Texas	84.4	0.8	72.5	1.0
Utah	79.7	3.4	69.7	4.1
Vermont	93.0	1.3	77.1	4.4
Virginia	87.2	1.3	77.0	1.5
Washington	87.3	1.3	73.8	2.1
West Virginia	83.4	2.0	73.3	2.3
Wisconsin	87.4	1.1	80.2	1.2
Wyoming	67.1	4.6	69.1	4.5

^a Recommended hospital care for heart failure includes evaluation of left ventricular ejection fraction and prescription of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor at discharge for patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction. Data were downloaded from http://www.medicare.gov/Download/DownloadDB.asp in late April each year. Estimates are calculated using hospital-level scores.

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 4_3_1-3: 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_3_1-3.html