Table 14_4_3-2

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 14_4_3.2
Hospital patients with heart failure who were given complete written discharge instructions,^a by State, 2005 and 2007
	2007		2005
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	76.0	0.1	57.4	0.1
Alabama	74.5	0.4	57.5	0.4
Alaska	54.3	1.8	34.2	1.9
Arizona	69.3	0.5	49.9	0.5
Arkansas	78.7	0.4	57.8	0.5
California	75.3	0.2	50.0	0.2
Colorado	81.3	0.5	52.2	0.7
Connecticut	72.5	0.6	62.5	0.6
Delaware	83.3	0.9	53.8	1.2
District of Columbia	55.6	1.0	54.5	1.1
Florida	76.6	0.2	58.2	0.2
Georgia	69.5	0.3	55.8	0.3
Hawaii	68.9	0.9	44.3	0.9
Idaho	83.7	1.0	60.3	1.3
Illinois	77.0	0.2	58.4	0.3
Indiana	80.4	0.3	63.5	0.4
Iowa	80.0	0.5	71.3	0.6
Kansas	66.7	0.7	51.6	0.7
Kentucky	67.8	0.4	50.2	0.4
Louisiana	70.7	0.4	58.6	0.4
Maine	77.6	0.8	63.6	1.0
Maryland	76.5	0.4	61.0	0.4
Massachusetts	73.2	0.4	59.5	0.4
Michigan	80.6	0.2	66.6	0.3
Minnesota	77.7	0.5	56.8	0.5
Mississippi	72.2	0.4	54.8	0.5
Missouri	78.2	0.3	63.0	0.4
Montana	71.9	1.2	51.4	1.2
Nebraska	80.3	0.7	66.7	0.8
Nevada	69.4	0.8	41.4	0.8
New Hampshire	86.7	0.8	65.3	1.1
New Jersey	83.8	0.3	71.1	0.3
New Mexico	56.1	1.0	27.2	0.9
New York	77.8	0.2	48.2	0.2
North Carolina	77.5	0.3	60.5	0.3
North Dakota	80.8	1.1	69.6	1.3
Ohio	82.0	0.2	68.0	0.2
Oklahoma	75.3	0.4	58.2	0.5
Oregon	67.1	0.6	42.2	0.7
Pennsylvania	77.6	0.2	54.6	0.2
Puerto Rico	57.6	0.6	59.6	0.6
Rhode Island	74.1	0.9	63.0	1.0
South Carolina	80.5	0.4	61.7	0.4
South Dakota	81.2	1.1	80.6	1.1
Tennessee	71.8	0.3	57.4	0.3
Texas	76.3	0.2	54.6	0.2
Utah	78.5	0.9	60.6	1.0
Vermont	81.2	1.5	68.2	1.6
Virginia	76.6	0.3	59.4	0.4
Washington	70.2	0.5	41.5	0.5
West Virginia	81.0	0.5	69.8	0.5
Wisconsin	77.4	0.4	64.5	0.5
Wyoming	63.7	2.0	54.8	1.9

^a Written discharge instructions or educational material given to patient or caregiver at discharge or during the hospital stay addressing all of the following: activity level, diet, discharge medications, followup appointment, weight monitoring, and actions to take if symptoms worsen.

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 14_4_3-2: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/14_patientcenteredness/T14_4_3-2.html