Table 4_3_2-3

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_2.3
Hospital patients with heart failure who received an evaluation of left ventricular systolic function, by State, 2004 and 2007^a
State	2007		2004
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	85.1	0.3	77.6	0.3
Alabama	82.7	2.2	76.0	2.2
Alaska	80.8	7.1	82.3	5.2
Arizona	84.2	2.6	82.4	2.9
Arkansas	85.3	2.5	66.0	2.9
California	87.8	1.0	79.0	1.1
Colorado	83.5	2.8	75.9	3.8
Connecticut	95.0	1.0	92.6	0.9
Delaware	94.8	2.4	88.8	4.0
District of Columbia	88.7	5.1	88.4	3.0
Florida	91.1	1.0	82.9	1.2
Georgia	82.9	1.8	73.7	2.2
Hawaii	80.2	5.9	80.6	3.9
Idaho	89.5	3.5	81.0	2.8
Illinois	90.0	1.1	82.7	1.3
Indiana	90.5	1.1	78.7	1.7
Iowa	78.0	2.4	70.8	3.0
Kansas	64.4	3.3	60.7	3.2
Kentucky	79.6	2.4	69.7	2.5
Louisiana	83.9	2.4	73.2	2.2
Maine	92.4	1.6	86.8	3.8
Maryland	93.4	0.7	91.0	0.9
Massachusetts	92.8	1.5	88.4	1.5
Michigan	92.0	1.2	83.9	1.6
Minnesota	81.1	1.9	76.1	2.3
Mississippi	80.0	2.6	67.4	2.9
Missouri	81.4	2.3	71.3	2.4
Montana	70.8	4.4	61.9	6.5
Nebraska	72.4	3.4	74.4	3.7
Nevada	81.0	5.4	76.8	4.3
New Hampshire	96.0	1.0	82.4	4.6
New Jersey	96.2	0.5	90.5	1.0
New Mexico	66.5	5.1	68.5	4.2
New York	92.4	0.9	85.4	0.9
North Carolina	91.2	1.1	79.5	1.6
North Dakota	69.7	6.2	76.5	4.4
Ohio	92.2	0.9	90.0	1.1
Oklahoma	72.5	2.9	66.6	2.8
Oregon	81.9	3.2	77.6	2.8
Pennsylvania	90.4	1.1	81.2	1.3
Rhode Island	95.3	1.1	92.6	2.0
South Carolina	90.3	1.6	79.7	2.2
South Dakota	70.3	4.6	65.8	5.3
Tennessee	81.8	2.1	71.9	2.1
Texas	83.8	1.2	71.7	1.4
Utah	79.6	4.7	63.7	5.8
Vermont	93.1	1.9	85.9	3.3
Virginia	88.9	1.9	81.3	2.0
Washington	86.8	1.9	77.2	2.6
West Virginia	85.8	3.0	75.4	3.4
Wisconsin	87.2	1.6	80.7	1.8
Wyoming	61.4	6.0	63.1	6.0

^a 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_2-3: 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_2-3.html