Table 4_3_3-3

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_3.3
Hospital patients with heart failure who were prescribed angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) for left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD), by State, 2004 and 2007^a
State	2007		2004
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	84.2	0.3	73.6	0.4
Alabama	85.8	1.2	73.3	2.3
Alaska	88.0	8.2	75.5	10.1
Arizona	84.3	1.8	76.0	2.8
Arkansas	80.2	2.5	65.0	3.8
California	86.2	0.7	72.6	1.2
Colorado	86.4	2.0	75.9	3.7
Connecticut	87.0	1.6	79.6	1.9
Delaware	86.6	4.5	73.0	8.4
District of Columbia	86.1	3.4	85.1	3.9
Florida	84.2	1.0	72.8	1.2
Georgia	81.1	1.5	73.8	1.8
Hawaii	87.1	2.1	69.4	5.9
Idaho	84.7	5.6	72.4	7.6
Illinois	84.7	1.1	76.0	1.4
Indiana	85.3	1.3	72.4	2.2
Iowa	83.0	2.4	73.3	3.6
Kansas	70.0	3.5	68.0	3.5
Kentucky	77.9	1.6	64.6	2.6
Louisiana	82.6	2.0	72.8	2.1
Maine	85.3	3.0	85.1	3.0
Maryland	88.5	0.9	77.7	2.3
Massachusetts	86.4	1.4	81.8	1.6
Michigan	87.6	1.0	77.1	1.9
Minnesota	81.6	2.4	77.9	2.3
Mississippi	81.4	1.9	66.0	3.4
Missouri	85.4	1.5	76.2	2.3
Montana	87.0	3.3	70.8	7.2
Nebraska	82.1	3.6	74.7	4.3
Nevada	78.2	5.3	79.7	3.2
New Hampshire	90.0	1.9	75.8	5.5
New Jersey	88.8	1.0	77.5	2.0
New Mexico	80.8	2.8	64.6	4.5
New York	86.6	0.8	77.8	1.2
North Carolina	86.8	1.1	74.6	1.9
North Dakota	86.6	5.4	73.4	7.4
Ohio	86.4	1.0	75.8	1.4
Oklahoma	78.0	2.8	74.5	2.5
Oregon	86.5	1.6	78.6	3.4
Pennsylvania	82.6	0.9	67.9	1.3
Rhode Island	85.9	2.4	84.2	3.9
South Carolina	85.9	1.1	71.9	2.3
South Dakota	80.5	4.9	70.7	6.4
Tennessee	81.3	1.7	68.8	2.5
Texas	84.9	0.9	73.4	1.4
Utah	79.9	4.9	78.5	5.0
Vermont	92.9	2.0	67.6	7.7
Virginia	85.5	1.8	72.6	2.2
Washington	87.8	1.7	70.3	3.2
West Virginia	81.0	2.6	71.0	3.3
Wisconsin	87.6	1.5	79.8	1.6
Wyoming	75.2	6.8	77.0	6.5

^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_3-3: 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_3-3.html