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Table 1.42c
Percent of AMI patients who received recommended hospital care,a all payers, by State, 2004 and 2006 |
| State |
2006 |
2004 |
| Percentb |
Percentb |
| Total |
87.6 |
83.4 |
| Alabama |
90.2 |
78.8 |
| Alaska |
84.7 |
84.7 |
| Arizona |
84.0 |
84.3 |
| Arkansas |
89.2 |
75.5 |
| California |
88.5 |
81.3 |
| Colorado |
93.0 |
89.7 |
| Connecticut |
92.2 |
89.2 |
| Delaware |
83.2 |
88.0 |
| District of Columbia |
93.3 |
85.7 |
| Florida |
89.0 |
80.5 |
| Georgia |
84.5 |
77.7 |
| Hawaii |
83.5 |
80.0 |
| Idaho |
90.3 |
84.8 |
| Illinois |
88.5 |
81.7 |
| Indiana |
86.7 |
83.3 |
| Iowa |
86.8 |
82.7 |
| Kansas |
84.2 |
82.7 |
| Kentucky |
83.5 |
80.0 |
| Louisiana |
85.5 |
81.2 |
| Maine |
93.7 |
85.8 |
| Maryland |
91.7 |
85.2 |
| Massachusetts |
90.5 |
89.7 |
| Michigan |
90.7 |
85.0 |
| Minnesota |
88.0 |
85.0 |
| Mississippi |
85.7 |
77.3 |
| Missouri |
81.3 |
82.0 |
| Montana |
89.3 |
70.7 |
| Nebraska |
87.5 |
79.8 |
| Nevada |
82.8 |
79.7 |
| New Hampshire |
86.2 |
91.7 |
| New Jersey |
92.3 |
87.0 |
| New Mexico |
92.5 |
71.3 |
| New York |
76.8 |
85.3 |
| North Carolina |
88.0 |
82.5 |
| North Dakota |
91.3 |
85.2 |
| Ohio |
90.8 |
85.5 |
| Oklahoma |
81.2 |
76.5 |
| Oregon |
89.8 |
84.7 |
| Pennsylvania |
87.8 |
82.3 |
| Rhode Island |
91.8 |
90.3 |
| South Carolina |
87.5 |
83.3 |
| South Dakota |
86.5 |
84.5 |
| Tennessee |
84.3 |
77.2 |
| Texas |
86.8 |
79.8 |
| Utah |
81.3 |
75.0 |
| Vermont |
89.7 |
93.8 |
| Virginia |
90.5 |
85.8 |
| Washington |
90.2 |
85.3 |
| West Virginia |
91.2 |
81.8 |
| Wisconsin |
86.5 |
87.5 |
| Wyoming |
83.8 |
88.8 |
aRecommended hospital care for AMI includes administering aspirin and beta blocker within 24 hours of hospital arrival and at dischange, giving a prescription of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker at discharge to patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction, and giving smoking cessation counseling to smoking patients.
b State average percent precalculated and supplied as part of the Hospital Compare database. The 2004 data reflect care for the period January to June 2004; the 2006 data reflect care for the period April 2005 to March 2006.
Key: AMI: acute myocardial infarction.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital Compare.
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