Table 13_2_4-2

2010 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_4.2
Hospital patients with heart attack who received fibrinolytic medication within 30 minutes of arrival, by State, 2005-2008
	2008		2007		2006		2005
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	49.4	1.0	50.0	0.8	42.1	0.6	37.9	0.5
Alabama	52.9	6.0	54.2	6.5	37.2	5.0	32.8	3.3
Alaska	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	34.4	8.5
Arizona	DSU	DSU	22.6	5.4	16.3	4.0	20.9	3.8
Arkansas	58.2	6.1	55.3	5.7	53.5	4.4	37.7	3.8
California	58.0	2.0	60.6	1.7	48.4	1.4	43.7	1.1
Colorado	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	44.7	5.2
Connecticut	DSU	DSU	48.4	9.1	38.7	8.9	39.3	6.3
Delaware	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	42.9	8.5	DSU	DSU
District of Columbia	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Florida	43.7	5.4	43.8	3.7	38.0	2.2	36.0	1.8
Georgia	59.9	3.9	60.6	3.5	49.3	2.5	46.1	2.0
Hawaii	DSU	DSU	31.8	7.1	47.1	6.1	30.9	5.2
Idaho	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Illinois	37.0	7.2	36.6	5.8	29.0	4.1	25.6	3.3
Indiana	DSU	DSU	47.6	7.8	65.1	4.7	57.0	3.5
Iowa	DSU	DSU	75.0	6.9	61.0	5.6	40.0	5.7
Kansas	35.3	8.3	31.1	7.0	35.1	6.4	45.6	5.6
Kentucky	59.7	6.3	50.5	5.1	44.0	4.1	39.4	3.2
Louisiana	33.3	5.7	45.5	4.8	33.1	4.1	29.0	3.6
Maine	DSU	DSU	73.3	8.2	47.2	6.9	46.8	5.7
Maryland	DSU	DSU	29.3	7.2	35.6	6.3	33.0	4.9
Massachusetts	DSU	DSU	57.8	6.2	40.5	5.4	36.5	4.1
Michigan	39.0	7.7	45.6	6.7	41.3	5.5	28.0	3.6
Minnesota	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	46.7	7.5	34.3	4.7
Mississippi	54.0	5.8	46.2	4.6	43.5	4.0	37.9	3.5
Missouri	DSU	DSU	48.8	7.9	36.2	4.5	40.1	3.7
Montana	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Nebraska	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	37.5	8.7	29.6	7.0
Nevada	DSU	DSU	51.2	7.7	39.1	4.3	40.0	3.4
New Hampshire	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	30.0	7.3
New Jersey	41.0	4.8	47.7	4.4	35.1	3.3	37.3	2.4
New Mexico	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	31.6	7.6	34.5	6.3
New York	46.9	3.7	52.5	2.4	44.0	2.0	36.3	1.6
North Carolina	41.5	7.8	42.3	5.9	47.5	3.7	43.0	2.8
North Dakota	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	47.8	7.5
Ohio	DSU	DSU	53.8	6.2	39.7	4.0	30.3	2.6
Oklahoma	DSU	DSU	49.1	6.7	38.1	5.0	41.1	3.7
Oregon	DSU	DSU	45.2	9.1	39.7	6.0	44.9	4.6
Pennsylvania	35.6	6.3	36.0	5.6	31.2	3.4	38.3	2.4
Puerto Rico	40.7	3.8	40.4	3.9	29.0	3.1	29.1	3.1
Rhode Island	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	50.0	9.3	35.0	7.6
South Carolina	57.4	6.8	58.7	7.3	54.6	4.8	30.3	3.5
South Dakota	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	43.4	6.9	30.6	7.8
Tennessee	67.5	7.5	57.3	5.7	45.6	4.1	38.2	3.4
Texas	43.2	3.6	36.9	2.9	37.9	2.3	32.0	1.7
Utah	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Vermont	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Virginia	56.9	5.9	46.2	5.3	43.1	3.5	35.1	2.7
Washington	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	30.6	6.7	27.7	4.9
West Virginia	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	39.2	5.7	36.4	3.8
Wisconsin	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	30.6	5.0
Wyoming	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

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

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 13_2_4-2: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/13_timeliness/T13_2_4-2.html