Table 13_2_4-3

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_4.3
Hospital patients with heart attack who were given fibrinolytic medication within 30 minutes of arrival, by State, 2005 and 2008^a
	2008		2005
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	40.6	1.4	30.1	0.7
Alabama	DSU	DSU	26.2	5.9
Alaska	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Arizona	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Arkansas	41.8	10.9	33.4	6.5
California	44.9	3.2	32.0	2.0
Colorado	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Connecticut	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Delaware	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
District of Columbia	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Florida	45.5	7.1	29.0	2.7
Georgia	35.1	6.6	28.4	3.1
Hawaii	DSU	DSU	45.2	9.7
Idaho	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Illinois	27.5	7.7	23.6	4.2
Indiana	DSU	DSU	36.0	7.5
Iowa	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Kansas	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Kentucky	46.5	9.9	39.3	5.2
Louisiana	34.6	7.3	22.5	4.5
Maine	71.8	10.8	42.1	5.5
Maryland	DSU	DSU	33.6	8.4
Massachusetts	51.2	10.7	29.1	6.1
Michigan	43.1	10.8	29.4	4.8
Minnesota	DSU	DSU	37.1	8.1
Mississippi	DSU	DSU	39.6	6.6
Missouri	52.2	12.9	36.4	6.0
Montana	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Nebraska	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Nevada	58.5	12.1	36.1	7.4
New Hampshire	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
New Jersey	50.8	7.4	28.5	4.4
New Mexico	60.3	11.4	DSU	DSU
New York	35.2	4.4	36.0	3.0
North Carolina	38.5	10.0	24.2	4.6
North Dakota	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ohio	53.9	11.2	34.2	4.4
Oklahoma	DSU	DSU	35.5	6.1
Oregon	DSU	DSU	24.8	6.5
Pennsylvania	29.2	6.8	25.4	3.5
Rhode Island	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
South Carolina	52.3	11.2	27.4	5.5
South Dakota	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Tennessee	57.5	10.1	33.7	4.9
Texas	26.3	4.4	24.2	2.4
Utah	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Vermont	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Virginia	50.5	9.2	33.1	4.2
Washington	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
West Virginia	DSU	DSU	27.4	5.5
Wisconsin	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Wyoming	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^a Data were downloaded from http://www.medicare.gov/Download/DownloadDB.asp in late April each year. Estimates are calculated using hospital-level scores.

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

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 13_2_4-3: 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_4-3.html