Table 4_3_3-2

2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

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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, 2005-2008
	2008		2007		2006		2005
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	92.2	0.1	89.7	0.1	85.2	0.1	82.6	0.1
Alabama	91.1	0.4	89.8	0.4	83.9	0.4	83.1	0.5
Alaska	96.3	0.9	97.1	0.9	91.1	1.5	89.5	1.7
Arizona	91.7	0.5	89.0	0.5	84.2	0.5	81.6	0.6
Arkansas	89.9	0.5	87.7	0.5	81.8	0.6	77.1	0.6
California	92.9	0.2	91.0	0.2	85.8	0.2	83.3	0.2
Colorado	92.7	0.6	90.6	0.7	87.4	0.7	84.9	0.8
Connecticut	92.8	0.5	90.4	0.6	85.8	0.6	82.5	0.6
Delaware	90.3	1.1	86.9	1.2	81.6	1.3	75.7	1.4
District of Columbia	91.8	0.9	87.3	1.0	82.8	0.9	81.9	1.2
Florida	92.9	0.2	88.7	0.2	84.2	0.2	79.9	0.3
Georgia	90.7	0.3	87.3	0.4	82.5	0.4	80.4	0.4
Hawaii	91.6	0.9	87.7	1.0	83.6	1.1	80.8	1.1
Idaho	91.6	1.3	92.9	1.2	88.2	1.4	83.1	1.6
Illinois	91.8	0.3	89.6	0.3	85.7	0.3	82.4	0.3
Indiana	90.6	0.4	88.1	0.4	84.2	0.4	81.0	0.4
Iowa	92.2	0.6	91.1	0.6	88.0	0.6	88.2	0.6
Kansas	89.1	0.7	86.2	0.8	82.7	0.8	81.7	0.8
Kentucky	87.4	0.5	85.0	0.5	80.2	0.5	77.7	0.5
Louisiana	90.6	0.4	87.8	0.4	82.4	0.4	81.0	0.4
Maine	94.2	0.8	91.1	1.0	86.1	1.1	83.7	1.1
Maryland	91.9	0.4	89.2	0.4	85.4	0.4	83.8	0.4
Massachusetts	90.2	0.4	89.4	0.4	86.2	0.4	84.7	0.4
Michigan	92.4	0.3	91.5	0.3	87.3	0.3	87.0	0.3
Minnesota	93.9	0.4	92.6	0.4	86.6	0.5	83.4	0.6
Mississippi	89.0	0.5	86.1	0.5	83.2	0.5	82.0	0.6
Missouri	92.7	0.3	90.7	0.3	86.9	0.4	84.3	0.4
Montana	92.7	1.1	91.2	1.2	90.0	1.2	87.2	1.3
Nebraska	91.7	0.7	89.6	0.8	86.0	0.8	84.3	0.8
Nevada	92.7	0.7	88.4	0.8	81.5	0.9	81.8	0.9
New Hampshire	95.7	0.7	92.4	1.0	87.1	1.1	87.3	1.1
New Jersey	94.2	0.3	91.6	0.3	89.0	0.3	87.9	0.3
New Mexico	89.4	1.0	86.6	1.0	80.7	1.1	79.2	1.2
New York	92.3	0.2	90.4	0.2	86.3	0.3	82.9	0.3
North Carolina	92.7	0.3	90.6	0.3	86.4	0.3	83.7	0.4
North Dakota	93.2	1.1	92.7	1.1	84.7	1.5	86.8	1.4
Ohio	92.4	0.3	90.9	0.2	87.4	0.3	84.4	0.3
Oklahoma	92.1	0.4	91.0	0.5	87.8	0.5	85.5	0.5
Oregon	93.5	0.6	91.0	0.6	84.8	0.7	83.2	0.8
Pennsylvania	92.8	0.2	89.7	0.2	84.0	0.3	81.1	0.3
Puerto Rico	88.4	0.7	85.4	0.7	84.2	0.7	80.8	0.8
Rhode Island	90.4	1.2	89.8	1.1	85.9	1.1	85.9	1.1
South Carolina	94.4	0.3	92.4	0.4	87.6	0.4	85.7	0.5
South Dakota	89.2	1.5	90.6	1.3	86.5	1.4	84.9	1.5
Tennessee	92.1	0.3	87.6	0.4	82.6	0.4	80.1	0.4
Texas	92.1	0.2	89.2	0.2	84.8	0.2	81.5	0.3
Utah	92.1	1.0	89.9	1.0	84.4	1.2	84.8	1.2
Vermont	93.6	1.5	93.4	1.5	85.2	1.9	79.5	2.0
Virginia	94.8	0.3	91.9	0.3	85.6	0.4	80.2	0.4
Washington	93.1	0.4	90.6	0.5	87.4	0.5	84.8	0.6
West Virginia	89.6	0.7	85.7	0.7	82.2	0.7	81.6	0.7
Wisconsin	93.7	0.4	91.2	0.4	87.4	0.5	83.9	0.5
Wyoming	88.8	2.2	87.8	2.3	82.2	2.6	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 February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 4_3_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/nhqrdr10/4_heartdiseases/T4_3_3-2.html