Table 14_4_3-3

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 14_4_3.3
Hospital patients with heart failure who were given discharge instructions, by State, 2004 and 2008^a
	2008		2004
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	73.0	0.4	44.7	0.6
Alabama	71.3	2.7	46.7	3.7
Alaska	56.0	8.7	DSU	DSU
Arizona	59.1	3.7	35.9	4.7
Arkansas	80.0	2.4	53.5	5.0
California	75.3	1.4	39.9	2.0
Colorado	69.0	3.9	30.5	4.4
Connecticut	75.7	3.1	58.7	4.1
Delaware	86.6	5.4	DSU	DSU
District of Columbia	69.0	12.0	DSU	DSU
Florida	78.5	1.7	42.9	2.7
Georgia	73.1	1.9	37.9	3.2
Hawaii	74.3	5.7	25.9	6.7
Idaho	75.9	6.8	53.4	9.7
Illinois	78.2	1.5	53.6	2.7
Indiana	76.4	2.1	48.0	3.5
Iowa	69.5	3.1	51.8	4.2
Kansas	52.3	3.4	26.8	3.9
Kentucky	72.2	2.5	36.7	3.6
Louisiana	71.0	2.8	47.6	4.3
Maine	82.3	3.0	48.0	8.2
Maryland	80.9	2.2	57.9	3.4
Massachusetts	77.6	2.1	46.4	3.7
Michigan	81.3	1.6	57.7	2.8
Minnesota	66.6	2.9	50.1	4.0
Mississippi	66.3	3.3	41.1	5.0
Missouri	73.7	2.2	40.0	3.5
Montana	52.7	5.9	32.1	7.2
Nebraska	59.3	4.0	42.0	5.8
Nevada	62.2	5.9	13.1	3.6
New Hampshire	80.5	2.9	46.6	7.9
New Jersey	86.6	1.5	62.9	3.6
New Mexico	55.1	5.0	DSU	DSU
New York	80.4	1.3	40.0	2.8
North Carolina	74.8	1.7	46.3	3.5
North Dakota	62.0	8.5	36.9	8.8
Ohio	81.1	1.5	57.9	2.5
Oklahoma	60.6	3.1	36.0	3.7
Oregon	64.5	3.2	31.4	4.3
Pennsylvania	76.1	1.7	45.1	2.7
Rhode Island	69.6	8.1	73.0	5.6
South Carolina	78.5	2.2	50.3	4.4
South Dakota	56.8	7.2	60.7	9.1
Tennessee	74.4	1.9	49.1	3.3
Texas	72.4	1.5	41.9	2.6
Utah	72.1	4.8	36.0	6.3
Vermont	78.5	5.7	37.6	7.7
Virginia	78.4	2.1	45.2	3.7
Washington	70.3	2.7	32.3	3.5
West Virginia	75.1	3.3	49.0	5.0
Wisconsin	78.4	1.7	58.9	3.3
Wyoming	55.5	6.9	31.0	8.0

^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 14_4_3-3: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/14_patientcenteredness/T14_4_3-3.html