Table 4_2_1-3

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 4_2_1.3
Hospital patients with heart attack and left ventricular systolic dysfunction who were prescribed ACE inhibitor or ARB at discharge, by State, 2004 and 2008^a
	2008		2004
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	89.7	0.4	75.0	0.5
Alabama	90.9	2.3	71.8	4.1
Alaska	97.9	2.0	77.6	8.6
Arizona	90.4	2.0	78.0	2.9
Arkansas	89.6	2.8	71.6	4.2
California	91.4	0.9	73.2	1.7
Colorado	90.3	3.5	83.7	4.3
Connecticut	93.2	1.3	78.8	4.6
Delaware	93.6	4.1	80.4	10.4
District of Columbia	88.9	6.6	84.4	5.2
Florida	92.0	1.0	71.4	1.8
Georgia	84.6	3.0	69.9	3.2
Hawaii	95.2	1.5	66.9	6.7
Idaho	93.8	2.2	79.1	9.6
Illinois	85.6	2.3	75.3	2.4
Indiana	89.1	2.3	77.0	3.0
Iowa	92.3	3.3	74.2	5.2
Kansas	84.0	4.9	78.4	5.1
Kentucky	85.9	3.0	71.2	3.9
Louisiana	89.2	2.3	77.5	3.1
Maine	93.4	3.2	74.6	6.9
Maryland	92.3	1.3	75.0	3.2
Massachusetts	90.8	1.9	85.6	3.0
Michigan	89.9	2.3	78.2	2.8
Minnesota	86.9	3.4	76.9	4.5
Mississippi	87.4	3.0	78.2	4.2
Missouri	87.0	2.9	79.3	3.0
Montana	88.0	8.9	79.6	10.6
Nebraska	93.2	3.9	69.7	7.3
Nevada	87.6	4.1	80.0	4.3
New Hampshire	97.5	0.9	86.9	4.5
New Jersey	94.6	1.2	81.0	2.5
New Mexico	80.8	6.5	64.5	9.0
New York	90.6	1.2	79.6	1.8
North Carolina	89.6	2.1	76.2	3.1
North Dakota	97.2	1.7	86.8	4.3
Ohio	89.2	1.9	79.9	2.0
Oklahoma	89.4	3.1	73.8	4.2
Oregon	92.5	3.1	77.6	4.6
Pennsylvania	89.1	1.3	67.9	2.1
Rhode Island	92.3	2.6	83.3	4.8
South Carolina	96.6	0.8	74.8	3.7
South Dakota	76.3	9.6	82.8	4.7
Tennessee	92.7	1.7	68.1	3.8
Texas	88.5	1.5	71.3	2.1
Utah	89.9	5.6	71.4	8.2
Vermont	99.3	0.7	97.7	2.3
Virginia	91.3	1.9	76.0	3.0
Washington	90.4	2.4	75.7	4.2
West Virginia	85.4	4.6	70.7	5.1
Wisconsin	92.0	2.1	77.6	3.4
Wyoming	99.0	0.6	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: ACE: angiotensin-converting enzyme; ARB: angiotensin receptor blocker; SE: standard error.

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

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 4_2_1-3: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/4_heartdiseases/T4_2_1-3.html