Table 14_4_3-2

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 14_4_3.2
Hospital patients with heart failure who were given complete written discharge instructions,^a by State, 2005-2008
	2008		2007		2006		2005
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	82.0	0.1	76.0	0.1	68.7	0.1	57.4	0.1
Alabama	76.8	0.4	74.5	0.4	65.1	0.4	57.5	0.4
Alaska	52.0	1.8	54.3	1.8	51.4	1.8	34.2	1.9
Arizona	76.1	0.4	69.3	0.5	61.2	0.5	49.9	0.5
Arkansas	81.5	0.4	78.7	0.4	68.8	0.5	57.8	0.5
California	84.7	0.2	75.3	0.2	63.3	0.2	50.0	0.2
Colorado	87.3	0.5	81.3	0.5	73.4	0.6	52.2	0.7
Connecticut	79.5	0.5	72.5	0.6	70.6	0.6	62.5	0.6
Delaware	87.8	0.8	83.3	0.9	74.5	1.1	53.8	1.2
District of Columbia	66.2	1.1	55.6	1.0	54.9	0.9	54.5	1.1
Florida	84.5	0.2	76.6	0.2	67.7	0.2	58.2	0.2
Georgia	76.8	0.3	69.5	0.3	63.7	0.3	55.8	0.3
Hawaii	80.0	0.8	68.9	0.9	52.3	0.9	44.3	0.9
Idaho	82.7	1.0	83.7	1.0	75.7	1.2	60.3	1.3
Illinois	81.6	0.2	77.0	0.2	69.4	0.3	58.4	0.3
Indiana	82.3	0.3	80.4	0.3	72.4	0.4	63.5	0.4
Iowa	84.3	0.5	80.0	0.5	78.6	0.5	71.3	0.6
Kansas	74.3	0.7	66.7	0.7	63.5	0.7	51.6	0.7
Kentucky	74.3	0.4	67.8	0.4	61.3	0.4	50.2	0.4
Louisiana	77.0	0.4	70.7	0.4	67.2	0.4	58.6	0.4
Maine	85.3	0.7	77.6	0.8	67.9	0.9	63.6	1.0
Maryland	82.3	0.3	76.5	0.4	72.5	0.4	61.0	0.4
Massachusetts	80.4	0.4	73.2	0.4	70.9	0.4	59.5	0.4
Michigan	84.5	0.2	80.6	0.2	75.9	0.3	66.6	0.3
Minnesota	82.1	0.4	77.7	0.5	70.4	0.5	56.8	0.5
Mississippi	78.5	0.4	72.2	0.4	66.2	0.5	54.8	0.5
Missouri	82.5	0.3	78.2	0.3	72.7	0.4	63.0	0.4
Montana	74.7	1.2	71.9	1.2	65.3	1.2	51.4	1.2
Nebraska	81.3	0.7	80.3	0.7	78.0	0.7	66.7	0.8
Nevada	78.3	0.7	69.4	0.8	56.2	0.8	41.4	0.8
New Hampshire	88.7	0.7	86.7	0.8	77.5	0.9	65.3	1.1
New Jersey	89.1	0.2	83.8	0.3	79.4	0.3	71.1	0.3
New Mexico	71.9	0.9	56.1	1.0	42.7	0.9	27.2	0.9
New York	83.7	0.2	77.8	0.2	67.4	0.2	48.2	0.2
North Carolina	82.2	0.3	77.5	0.3	72.0	0.3	60.5	0.3
North Dakota	83.6	1.0	80.8	1.1	76.4	1.2	69.6	1.3
Ohio	85.8	0.2	82.0	0.2	77.4	0.2	68.0	0.2
Oklahoma	79.6	0.4	75.3	0.4	71.5	0.5	58.2	0.5
Oregon	73.9	0.6	67.1	0.6	53.5	0.7	42.2	0.7
Pennsylvania	83.5	0.2	77.6	0.2	68.4	0.2	54.6	0.2
Puerto Rico	70.4	0.6	57.6	0.6	69.6	0.6	59.6	0.6
Rhode Island	78.6	0.9	74.1	0.9	65.2	1.0	63.0	1.0
South Carolina	83.5	0.4	80.5	0.4	72.7	0.4	61.7	0.4
South Dakota	83.7	1.1	81.2	1.1	79.7	1.1	80.6	1.1
Tennessee	81.6	0.3	71.8	0.3	64.7	0.3	57.4	0.3
Texas	83.0	0.2	76.3	0.2	67.6	0.2	54.6	0.2
Utah	86.8	0.8	78.5	0.9	71.7	1.0	60.6	1.0
Vermont	85.0	1.3	81.2	1.5	81.5	1.4	68.2	1.6
Virginia	82.3	0.3	76.6	0.3	69.2	0.4	59.4	0.4
Washington	78.4	0.4	70.2	0.5	56.5	0.5	41.5	0.5
West Virginia	81.9	0.5	81.0	0.5	78.5	0.5	69.8	0.5
Wisconsin	79.8	0.4	77.4	0.4	73.5	0.4	64.5	0.5
Wyoming	68.5	1.9	63.7	2.0	63.1	1.9	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 February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 14_4_3-2: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/14_patientcenteredness/T14_4_3-2.html