Table T6_1_1_1-2

2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

This appendix provides detailed data tables for all measures analyzed for the 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Tables are included for measures discussed in the main text of the reports as well as for other measures that were examined but not included in the main text.

Table 6_1_1_1.2
Hospital patients with heart failure who were given complete written discharge instructions,^a by State, 2005–2010
	2010			2009			2008		2007		2006		2005
State	Number	Percent	SE	Number	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total^b	623,808	89.7	0.0	632,221	86.4	0.0	82.0	0.1	76.0	0.1	68.7	0.1	57.4	0.1
Alabama	12,428	88.8	0.3	12,413	81.9	0.3	76.8	0.4	74.5	0.4	65.1	0.4	57.5	0.4
Alaska	709	86.9	1.3	730	75.3	1.6	52.0	1.8	54.3	1.8	51.4	1.8	34.2	1.9
Arizona	9,394	86.2	0.4	9,350	82.6	0.4	76.1	0.4	69.3	0.5	61.2	0.5	49.9	0.5
Arkansas	7,373	90.5	0.3	7,754	87.1	0.4	81.5	0.4	78.7	0.4	68.8	0.5	57.8	0.5
California	58,262	91.9	0.1	58,318	88.8	0.1	84.7	0.2	75.3	0.2	63.3	0.2	50.0	0.2
Colorado	4,874	88.5	0.5	5,006	86.9	0.5	87.3	0.5	81.3	0.5	73.4	0.6	52.2	0.7
Connecticut	5,659	86.4	0.5	5,780	82.7	0.5	79.5	0.5	72.5	0.6	70.6	0.6	62.5	0.6
Delaware	1,705	93.3	0.6	1,738	91.4	0.7	87.8	0.8	83.3	0.9	74.5	1.1	53.8	1.2
District of Columbia	1,831	76.8	1.0	1,922	69.8	1.0	66.2	1.1	55.6	1.0	54.9	0.9	54.5	1.1
Florida	44,357	92.0	0.1	44,570	89.4	0.1	84.5	0.2	76.6	0.2	67.7	0.2	58.2	0.2
Georgia	19,061	87.0	0.2	19,485	83.1	0.3	76.8	0.3	69.5	0.3	63.7	0.3	55.8	0.3
Hawaii	2,819	90.1	0.6	2,602	82.0	0.8	80.0	0.8	68.9	0.9	52.3	0.9	44.3	0.9
Idaho	1,271	87.6	0.9	1,300	85.5	1.0	82.7	1.0	83.7	1.0	75.7	1.2	60.3	1.3
Illinois	27,271	90.7	0.2	28,659	86.1	0.2	81.6	0.2	77.0	0.2	69.4	0.3	58.4	0.3
Indiana	14,249	87.1	0.3	14,341	83.5	0.3	82.3	0.3	80.4	0.3	72.4	0.4	63.5	0.4
Iowa	4,794	87.1	0.5	4,846	84.8	0.5	84.3	0.5	80.0	0.5	78.6	0.5	71.3	0.6
Kansas	4,192	85.0	0.6	4,487	79.2	0.6	74.3	0.7	66.7	0.7	63.5	0.7	51.6	0.7
Kentucky	13,019	83.6	0.3	13,173	80.3	0.3	74.3	0.4	67.8	0.4	61.3	0.4	50.2	0.4
Louisiana	12,775	87.3	0.3	13,473	82.7	0.3	77.0	0.4	70.7	0.4	67.2	0.4	58.6	0.4
Maine	2,625	93.8	0.5	2,597	89.1	0.6	85.3	0.7	77.6	0.8	67.9	0.9	63.6	1.0
Maryland	13,836	87.2	0.3	14,137	85.9	0.3	82.3	0.3	76.5	0.4	72.5	0.4	61.0	0.4
Massachusetts	12,843	90.7	0.3	13,182	88.0	0.3	80.4	0.4	73.2	0.4	70.9	0.4	59.5	0.4
Michigan	25,136	90.5	0.2	25,685	87.7	0.2	84.5	0.2	80.6	0.2	75.9	0.3	66.6	0.3
Minnesota	6,600	86.4	0.4	7,154	84.4	0.4	82.1	0.4	77.7	0.5	70.4	0.5	56.8	0.5
Mississippi	9,420	86.4	0.4	10,168	82.2	0.4	78.5	0.4	72.2	0.4	66.2	0.5	54.8	0.5
Missouri	13,727	87.6	0.3	14,193	85.2	0.3	82.5	0.3	78.2	0.3	72.7	0.4	63.0	0.4
Montana	1,363	83.6	1.0	1,474	79.4	1.1	74.7	1.2	71.9	1.2	65.3	1.2	51.4	1.2
Nebraska	2,723	87.8	0.6	2,818	85.1	0.7	81.3	0.7	80.3	0.7	78.0	0.7	66.7	0.8
Nevada	3,682	90.3	0.5	3,590	84.8	0.6	78.3	0.7	69.4	0.8	56.2	0.8	41.4	0.8
New Hampshire	2,089	93.5	0.5	2,074	90.4	0.6	88.7	0.7	86.7	0.8	77.5	0.9	65.3	1.1
New Jersey	17,272	94.3	0.2	17,728	90.7	0.2	89.1	0.2	83.8	0.3	79.4	0.3	71.1	0.3
New Mexico	2,478	80.9	0.8	2,601	78.0	0.8	71.9	0.9	56.1	1.0	42.7	0.9	27.2	0.9
New York	33,075	90.8	0.2	34,447	87.4	0.2	83.7	0.2	77.8	0.2	67.4	0.2	48.2	0.2
North Carolina	21,579	90.9	0.2	21,199	85.8	0.2	82.2	0.3	77.5	0.3	72.0	0.3	60.5	0.3
North Dakota	1,366	89.2	0.8	1,383	86.6	0.9	83.6	1.0	80.8	1.1	76.4	1.2	69.6	1.3
Ohio	27,878	91.8	0.2	28,039	90.1	0.2	85.8	0.2	82.0	0.2	77.4	0.2	68.0	0.2
Oklahoma	8,183	84.9	0.4	8,319	82.6	0.4	79.6	0.4	75.3	0.4	71.5	0.5	58.2	0.5
Oregon	5,726	85.3	0.5	5,300	81.6	0.5	73.9	0.6	67.1	0.6	53.5	0.7	42.2	0.7
Pennsylvania	38,246	91.5	0.1	39,974	88.2	0.2	83.5	0.2	77.6	0.2	68.4	0.2	54.6	0.2
Puerto Rico	6,365	78.8	0.5	6,813	75.9	0.5	70.4	0.6	57.6	0.6	69.6	0.6	59.6	0.6
Rhode Island	1,839	85.0	0.8	2,163	82.8	0.8	78.6	0.9	74.1	0.9	65.2	1.0	63.0	1.0
South Carolina	11,208	89.6	0.3	11,702	86.6	0.3	83.5	0.4	80.5	0.4	72.7	0.4	61.7	0.4
South Dakota	1,211	87.0	1.0	1,314	83.0	1.0	83.7	1.1	81.2	1.1	79.7	1.1	80.6	1.1
Tennessee	17,080	89.2	0.2	18,555	86.9	0.2	81.6	0.3	71.8	0.3	64.7	0.3	57.4	0.3
Texas	47,233	90.7	0.1	48,042	87.4	0.2	83.0	0.2	76.3	0.2	67.6	0.2	54.6	0.2
Utah	1,960	91.8	0.6	2,111	89.6	0.7	86.8	0.8	78.5	0.9	71.7	1.0	60.6	1.0
Vermont	759	89.3	1.1	736	87.1	1.2	85.0	1.3	81.2	1.5	81.5	1.4	68.2	1.6
Virginia	15,992	93.2	0.2	16,188	89.0	0.2	82.3	0.3	76.6	0.3	69.2	0.4	59.4	0.4
Washington	9,094	86.3	0.4	8,938	80.6	0.4	78.4	0.4	70.2	0.5	56.5	0.5	41.5	0.5
West Virginia	5,526	85.6	0.5	5,915	81.7	0.5	81.9	0.5	81.0	0.5	78.5	0.5	69.8	0.5
Wisconsin	9,006	87.1	0.4	9,881	83.8	0.4	79.8	0.4	77.4	0.4	73.5	0.4	64.5	0.5
Wyoming	645	83.7	1.5	667	72.1	1.7	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.

^b 2009 data do not include data from the U.S. territories (Guam, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands); other years do not include Guam and U.S. Virgin Islands.

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Page last reviewed June 2013

Internet Citation: Table T6_1_1_1-2: 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. June 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr12/6_carecoordination/T6_1_1_1-2.html