Table 13_2_4-2

2009 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 13_2_4.2
Hospital patients with heart attack who received fibrinolytic medication within 30 minutes of arrival, by State, 2005 and 2007
	2007		2005
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	50.0	0.8	37.9	0.5
Alabama	54.2	6.5	32.8	3.3
Alaska	DSU	DSU	34.4	8.5
Arizona	22.6	5.4	20.9	3.8
Arkansas	55.3	5.7	37.7	3.8
California	60.6	1.7	43.7	1.1
Colorado	DSU	DSU	44.7	5.2
Connecticut	48.4	9.1	39.3	6.3
Delaware	DSU	DSU	46.4	9.6
District of Columbia	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Florida	43.8	3.7	36.0	1.8
Georgia	60.6	3.5	46.1	2.0
Hawaii	31.8	7.1	30.9	5.2
Idaho	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Illinois	36.6	5.8	25.6	3.3
Indiana	47.6	7.8	57.0	3.5
Iowa	75.0	6.9	40.0	5.7
Kansas	31.1	7.0	45.6	5.6
Kentucky	50.5	5.1	39.4	3.2
Louisiana	45.5	4.8	29.0	3.6
Maine	73.3	8.2	46.8	5.7
Maryland	29.3	7.2	33.0	4.9
Massachusetts	57.8	6.2	36.5	4.1
Michigan	45.6	6.7	28.0	3.6
Minnesota	DSU	DSU	34.3	4.7
Mississippi	46.2	4.6	37.9	3.5
Missouri	48.8	7.9	40.1	3.7
Montana	DSU	DSU	30.8	9.2
Nebraska	DSU	DSU	29.5	7.0
Nevada	51.2	7.7	40.0	3.4
New Hampshire	DSU	DSU	30.0	7.3
New Jersey	47.7	4.4	37.3	2.4
New Mexico	DSU	DSU	34.5	6.3
New York	52.5	2.4	36.2	1.6
North Carolina	42.3	5.9	43.0	2.8
North Dakota	DSU	DSU	47.8	7.4
Ohio	53.8	6.2	30.3	2.6
Oklahoma	49.1	6.7	41.1	3.7
Oregon	45.2	9.1	44.9	4.6
Pennsylvania	36.0	5.6	38.3	2.4
Puerto Rico	40.4	3.9	29.1	3.1
Rhode Island	DSU	DSU	35.0	7.6
South Carolina	58.7	7.3	30.3	3.5
South Dakota	DSU	DSU	30.6	7.8
Tennessee	57.3	5.7	38.2	3.3
Texas	36.9	2.9	32.0	1.7
Utah	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Vermont	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Virginia	46.2	5.3	35.1	2.7
Washington	DSU	DSU	27.7	4.9
West Virginia	DSU	DSU	36.4	3.8
Wisconsin	DSU	DSU	30.6	5.0
Wyoming	DSU	DSU	27.6	8.4

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 13_2_4-2: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/13_timeliness/T13_2_4-2.html