Table 4_3_1-2

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 4_3_1.2
Hospital patients with heart failure who received recommended hospital care,^a by State, 2005-2008
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
	2008		2007		2006		2005
Total	95.0	0.0	93.1	0.0	90.3	0.0	87.7	0.0
Alabama	93.4	0.2	92.0	0.2	88.2	0.2	86.9	0.2
Alaska	93.8	0.7	93.2	0.7	91.5	0.8	92.7	0.8
Arizona	95.0	0.2	93.1	0.2	89.7	0.2	87.7	0.3
Arkansas	93.2	0.2	91.3	0.2	87.0	0.3	82.3	0.3
California	95.5	0.1	93.6	0.1	90.0	0.1	87.2	0.1
Colorado	95.1	0.2	92.9	0.3	90.6	0.3	88.3	0.3
Connecticut	96.9	0.2	95.6	0.2	93.4	0.2	91.3	0.2
Delaware	95.9	0.4	93.3	0.5	90.2	0.6	87.2	0.6
District of Columbia	92.2	0.5	88.1	0.5	86.3	0.5	85.0	0.6
Florida	96.1	0.1	93.5	0.1	90.9	0.1	88.0	0.1
Georgia	94.2	0.1	91.2	0.2	87.4	0.2	85.0	0.2
Hawaii	93.6	0.4	89.8	0.5	84.9	0.6	82.8	0.6
Idaho	93.9	0.5	93.4	0.6	90.0	0.6	86.6	0.7
Illinois	95.8	0.1	94.0	0.1	91.5	0.1	89.0	0.1
Indiana	94.3	0.1	92.5	0.2	89.3	0.2	85.8	0.2
Iowa	93.6	0.3	92.1	0.3	89.9	0.3	87.8	0.3
Kansas	89.5	0.3	86.5	0.4	83.8	0.4	83.1	0.4
Kentucky	92.5	0.2	90.0	0.2	87.3	0.2	83.0	0.2
Louisiana	93.0	0.2	91.0	0.2	87.5	0.2	84.0	0.2
Maine	97.0	0.3	95.1	0.3	93.2	0.4	91.0	0.4
Maryland	94.2	0.2	93.1	0.2	90.9	0.2	89.7	0.2
Massachusetts	95.7	0.1	94.5	0.1	92.9	0.2	90.7	0.2
Michigan	96.3	0.1	95.4	0.1	93.5	0.1	92.1	0.1
Minnesota	94.4	0.2	92.6	0.2	89.4	0.2	87.2	0.3
Mississippi	90.8	0.2	89.3	0.2	86.8	0.3	83.0	0.3
Missouri	94.6	0.1	92.6	0.2	89.7	0.2	87.6	0.2
Montana	91.8	0.6	90.2	0.6	87.5	0.6	82.7	0.7
Nebraska	94.0	0.3	92.8	0.3	90.7	0.4	88.7	0.4
Nevada	95.8	0.3	92.8	0.3	89.7	0.4	88.6	0.4
New Hampshire	97.8	0.2	96.4	0.3	94.2	0.4	92.4	0.4
New Jersey	97.3	0.1	95.7	0.1	94.5	0.1	92.9	0.1
New Mexico	90.8	0.5	86.5	0.5	80.5	0.6	78.4	0.6
New York	95.9	0.1	94.5	0.1	91.9	0.1	89.0	0.1
North Carolina	95.9	0.1	94.2	0.1	91.7	0.1	88.9	0.2
North Dakota	91.4	0.6	89.3	0.6	83.0	0.8	87.2	0.7
Ohio	96.2	0.1	95.1	0.1	92.7	0.1	90.4	0.1
Oklahoma	92.3	0.2	90.4	0.2	88.2	0.3	85.1	0.3
Oregon	95.2	0.2	92.7	0.3	88.8	0.3	87.3	0.4
Pennsylvania	96.3	0.1	94.0	0.1	91.1	0.1	89.2	0.1
Puerto Rico	82.4	0.4	81.6	0.4	81.4	0.4	79.0	0.4
Rhode Island	95.6	0.4	94.7	0.4	93.1	0.4	92.2	0.4
South Carolina	96.8	0.1	95.1	0.2	92.1	0.2	89.3	0.2
South Dakota	91.0	0.6	90.2	0.6	87.2	0.7	87.1	0.7
Tennessee	94.4	0.1	91.1	0.2	87.7	0.2	85.8	0.2
Texas	94.2	0.1	91.9	0.1	88.9	0.1	85.1	0.1
Utah	96.4	0.3	93.4	0.4	90.2	0.5	88.0	0.5
Vermont	96.3	0.5	95.6	0.6	92.3	0.7	87.1	0.8
Virginia	96.8	0.1	94.6	0.1	91.2	0.2	87.7	0.2
Washington	95.2	0.2	92.3	0.2	90.1	0.2	87.6	0.3
West Virginia	94.6	0.2	92.2	0.3	89.9	0.3	86.9	0.3
Wisconsin	95.5	0.2	93.9	0.2	92.1	0.2	89.2	0.2
Wyoming	84.1	1.2	82.5	1.2	74.3	1.3	68.8	1.4

^a Includes evaluation of left ventricular ejection fraction and ACE inhibitor or ARB prescription at discharge, if indicated, for left ventricular systolic dysfunction.

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 February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 4_3_1-2: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/4_heartdiseases/T4_3_1-2.html