Table 11_2_3-3

2008 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 11_2_3.3
Hospital patients with heart attack who were given fibrinolytic medication within 30 minutes of arrival, by State, 2004 and 2007^a
State	2007		2004
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	38.7	1.1	36.6	1.9
Alabama	41.3	10.9	47.3	13.3
Alaska	*	*	*	*
Arizona	*	*	*	*
Arkansas	49.6	8.9	*	*
California	51.3	2.8	36.2	3.9
Colorado	*	*	63.4	18.6
Connecticut	*	*	*	*
Delaware	*	*	*	*
District of Columbia	*	*	*	*
Florida	35.9	4.6	43.9	7.2
Georgia	42.3	6.3	36.7	6.3
Hawaii	*	*	*	*
Idaho	*	*	*	*
Illinois	31.0	5.8	29.4	8.3
Indiana	46.7	9.8	47.4	13.6
Iowa	56.4	12.7	*	*
Kansas	28.3	8.2	53.4	15.1
Kentucky	26.4	6.4	38.3	7.3
Louisiana	34.6	6.7	*	*
Maine	50.9	10.2	*	*
Maryland	*	*	*	*
Massachusetts	26.5	7.3	*	*
Michigan	33.2	8.7	57.6	16.5
Minnesota	*	*	*	*
Mississippi	34.4	7.0	*	*
Missouri	37.1	9.2	*	*
Montana	*	*	*	*
Nebraska	35.4	10.5	*	*
Nevada	34.6	6.4	51.5	13.6
New Hampshire	*	*	*	*
New Jersey	40.0	6.3	*	*
New Mexico	*	*	*	*
New York	39.7	3.6	*	*
North Carolina	42.9	7.1	71.4	10.8
North Dakota	*	*	*	*
Ohio	41.1	7.3	42.9	8.2
Oklahoma	39.2	9.1	*	*
Oregon	32.4	7.9	*	*
Pennsylvania	32.7	5.9	*	*
Rhode Island	*	*	*	*
South Carolina	45.9	10.5	36.7	10.9
South Dakota	*	*	*	*
Tennessee	36.2	7.1	*	*
Texas	39.8	3.9	27.7	7.0
Utah	*	*	*	*
Vermont	*	*	*	*
Virginia	39.4	7.1	59.8	11.2
Washington	*	*	*	*
West Virginia	44.6	10.7	*	*
Wisconsin	*	*	*	*
Wyoming	*	*	*	*

^a Data were downloaded from http://www.medicare.gov/Download/DownloadDB.asp in late April each year. Estimates are calculated using hospital-level scores.

* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital Compare.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 11_2_3-3: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/11_timeliness/T11_2_3-3.html