Table 4_2_6-2

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 4_2_6.2
Hospital patients with heart attack and left ventricular systolic dysfunction who were prescribed ACE inhibitor or ARB at discharge, by State, 2005 and 2006
State	2006		2005
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
United States^a	86.9	0.5	83.7	0.5
Alabama	84.8	0.8	82.9	0.8
Alaska	89.5	2.9	85.7	3.4
Arizona	87.2	0.8	83.3	0.9
Arkansas	83.6	1.0	80.5	1.1
California	86.5	0.4	84.0	0.4
Colorado	90.1	1.0	91.4	1.0
Connecticut	85.0	1.1	81.9	1.1
Delaware	87.6	1.8	88.8	1.7
District of Columbia	87.6	1.5	82.4	2.5
Florida	85.3	0.4	81.2	0.5
Georgia	83.6	0.8	81.0	0.8
Hawaii	76.9	2.1	79.5	1.9
Idaho	90.3	2.0	84.1	2.4
Illinois	85.9	0.6	82.5	0.6
Indiana	86.7	0.6	83.2	0.7
Iowa	88.9	1.0	89.5	0.9
Kansas	84.4	1.3	87.2	1.1
Kentucky	82.9	0.8	79.2	0.8
Louisiana	83.7	0.9	81.3	0.9
Maine	85.4	1.6	79.2	1.8
Maryland	84.3	0.9	80.7	1.0
Massachusetts	87.1	0.7	83.1	0.7
Michigan	88.2	0.5	87.0	0.5
Minnesota	91.5	0.7	88.4	0.8
Mississippi	86.4	1.0	82.7	1.1
Missouri	89.5	0.6	85.9	0.6
Montana	89.2	1.8	86.2	2.1
Nebraska	88.4	1.3	84.8	1.5
Nevada	86.6	1.6	84.1	1.7
New Hampshire	90.0	1.5	89.2	1.4
New Jersey	89.7	0.6	89.0	0.6
New Mexico	82.3	1.7	75.4	2.0
New York	85.8	0.5	83.6	0.4
North Carolina	88.2	0.6	85.3	0.6
North Dakota	94.3	1.4	88.5	1.9
Ohio	88.4	0.5	83.8	0.5
Oklahoma	90.2	0.9	86.3	1.0
Oregon	86.2	1.1	84.0	1.2
Pennsylvania	85.1	0.5	80.3	0.5
Puerto Rico	76.4	1.3	75.0	1.4
Rhode Island	88.2	1.7	86.7	1.7
South Carolina	89.4	0.8	86.5	0.9
South Dakota	91.3	1.6	87.4	2.1
Tennessee	83.6	0.7	81.5	0.7
Texas	86.6	0.4	82.0	0.5
Utah	87.4	1.9	82.9	2.2
Vermont	87.1	2.6	71.7	2.9
Virginia	86.7	0.7	82.8	0.8
Washington	87.4	0.8	86.0	0.9
West Virginia	90.3	0.9	86.3	1.0
Wisconsin	86.2	0.9	84.6	0.8
Wyoming	91.0	3.3	79.8	4.4

^a The estimate is based on State-level estimates.

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 September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 4_2_6-2: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/4_heartdiseases/T4_2_6-2.html