Table 4_3_3-2

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_3.2
Hospital patients with heart failure and left ventricular systolic dysfunction who were prescribed ACE inhibitor or ARB at discharge, by State, 2005 and 2006
State	2006		2005
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
United States^a	85.2	0.3	82.9	0.4
Alabama	83.9	0.5	83.1	0.5
Alaska	91.1	1.5	89.5	1.7
Arizona	84.2	0.5	81.6	0.6
Arkansas	81.8	0.6	77.1	0.6
California	85.8	0.2	83.3	0.2
Colorado	87.4	0.7	84.9	0.8
Connecticut	85.8	0.6	82.5	0.6
Delaware	81.7	1.3	75.7	1.4
District of Columbia	82.8	0.9	81.9	1.2
Florida	84.2	0.2	79.9	0.3
Georgia	82.5	0.4	80.4	0.4
Hawaii	83.6	1.1	80.8	1.1
Idaho	88.2	1.4	83.1	1.6
Illinois	85.7	0.3	82.4	0.3
Indiana	84.2	0.4	81.1	0.4
Iowa	88.0	0.6	88.2	0.6
Kansas	82.7	0.8	81.7	0.8
Kentucky	80.2	0.5	77.7	0.5
Louisiana	82.4	0.4	81.0	0.4
Maine	86.1	1.1	83.7	1.1
Maryland	85.4	0.4	83.8	0.4
Massachusetts	86.2	0.4	84.7	0.4
Michigan	87.3	0.3	87.0	0.3
Minnesota	86.7	0.5	83.4	0.6
Mississippi	83.2	0.5	82.0	0.6
Missouri	86.9	0.4	84.3	0.4
Montana	90.0	1.2	87.2	1.3
Nebraska	86.0	0.8	84.3	0.8
Nevada	81.5	0.9	81.8	0.9
New Hampshire	87.1	1.1	87.3	1.1
New Jersey	89.1	0.3	87.9	0.3
New Mexico	80.7	1.1	79.2	1.2
New York	86.4	0.3	82.9	0.3
North Carolina	86.5	0.3	83.7	0.4
North Dakota	84.7	1.5	86.8	1.4
Ohio	87.4	0.3	84.4	0.3
Oklahoma	87.8	0.5	85.5	0.5
Oregon	84.8	0.7	83.2	0.8
Pennsylvania	84.0	0.3	81.1	0.3
Puerto Rico	84.2	0.7	80.8	0.8
Rhode Island	85.9	1.1	85.9	1.1
South Carolina	87.6	0.4	85.7	0.5
South Dakota	86.5	1.4	84.9	1.5
Tennessee	82.6	0.4	80.1	0.4
Texas	84.8	0.2	81.5	0.3
Utah	84.4	1.2	84.8	1.2
Vermont	85.2	1.9	79.5	2.0
Virginia	85.6	0.4	80.2	0.4
Washington	87.4	0.5	84.8	0.6
West Virginia	82.2	0.7	81.6	0.7
Wisconsin	87.4	0.5	83.9	0.5
Wyoming	82.2	2.6	79.0	2.7

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

Key: ACE: angiotensin converting enzyme; SE: standard error.

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

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 4_3_3-2: 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_3-2.html