Table 4_3_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 4_3_3.2
Hospital patients with heart failure and left ventricular systolic dysfunction who were prescribed ACE inhibitor or ARB at discharge, by State, 2005 and 2007
	2007		2005
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	89.7	0.1	82.6	0.1
Alabama	89.8	0.4	83.1	0.5
Alaska	97.1	0.9	89.5	1.7
Arizona	89.0	0.5	81.6	0.6
Arkansas	87.7	0.5	77.1	0.6
California	91.0	0.2	83.3	0.2
Colorado	90.6	0.7	84.9	0.8
Connecticut	90.4	0.6	82.5	0.6
Delaware	86.9	1.2	75.7	1.4
District of Columbia	87.3	1.0	81.9	1.2
Florida	88.7	0.2	79.9	0.3
Georgia	87.3	0.4	80.4	0.4
Hawaii	87.7	1.0	80.8	1.1
Idaho	92.9	1.2	83.1	1.6
Illinois	89.6	0.3	82.4	0.3
Indiana	88.1	0.4	81.0	0.4
Iowa	91.1	0.6	88.2	0.6
Kansas	86.2	0.8	81.7	0.8
Kentucky	85.0	0.5	77.7	0.5
Louisiana	87.8	0.4	81.0	0.4
Maine	91.1	1.0	83.7	1.1
Maryland	89.2	0.4	83.8	0.4
Massachusetts	89.4	0.4	84.7	0.4
Michigan	91.5	0.3	87.0	0.3
Minnesota	92.6	0.4	83.4	0.6
Mississippi	86.1	0.5	82.0	0.6
Missouri	90.7	0.3	84.3	0.4
Montana	91.2	1.2	87.2	1.3
Nebraska	89.6	0.8	84.3	0.8
Nevada	88.4	0.8	81.8	0.9
New Hampshire	92.4	1.0	87.3	1.1
New Jersey	91.6	0.3	87.9	0.3
New Mexico	86.6	1.0	79.2	1.2
New York	90.4	0.2	82.9	0.3
North Carolina	90.6	0.3	83.7	0.4
North Dakota	92.7	1.1	86.8	1.4
Ohio	90.9	0.2	84.4	0.3
Oklahoma	91.0	0.5	85.5	0.5
Oregon	91.0	0.6	83.2	0.8
Pennsylvania	89.7	0.2	81.1	0.3
Puerto Rico	85.4	0.7	80.8	0.8
Rhode Island	89.8	1.1	85.9	1.1
South Carolina	92.4	0.4	85.7	0.5
South Dakota	90.6	1.3	84.9	1.5
Tennessee	87.6	0.4	80.1	0.4
Texas	89.2	0.2	81.5	0.3
Utah	89.9	1.0	84.8	1.2
Vermont	93.4	1.5	79.5	2.0
Virginia	91.9	0.3	80.2	0.4
Washington	90.6	0.5	84.8	0.6
West Virginia	85.7	0.7	81.6	0.7
Wisconsin	91.2	0.4	83.9	0.5
Wyoming	87.8	2.3	79.0	2.7

Key: ACE: angiotensin-converting enzyme; ARB: angiotensin receptor blocker; SE: standard error.

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

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 4_3_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/nhqrdr09/4_heartdiseases/T4_3_3-2.html