Table 4_3_2-2

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_3_2.2
Hospital patients with heart failure who received an evaluation of left ventricular ejection fraction, by State, 2005 and 2006
State	2006		2005
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
United States^a	90.7	0.6	88.4	0.7
Alabama	89.8	0.2	88.3	0.2
Alaska	91.7	1.0	94.3	0.9
Arizona	92.0	0.3	90.1	0.3
Arkansas	88.9	0.3	84.4	0.3
California	91.5	0.1	88.6	0.1
Colorado	91.8	0.3	89.5	0.4
Connecticut	95.9	0.2	94.7	0.2
Delaware	93.7	0.5	92.2	0.6
District of Columbia	87.8	0.6	86.3	0.7
Florida	93.4	0.1	91.0	0.1
Georgia	89.3	0.2	86.8	0.2
Hawaii	85.4	0.6	83.7	0.7
Idaho	90.6	0.7	87.7	0.8
Illinois	93.6	0.1	91.4	0.1
Indiana	91.2	0.2	87.6	0.2
Iowa	90.5	0.3	87.6	0.4
Kansas	84.2	0.4	83.6	0.4
Kentucky	89.7	0.2	84.7	0.3
Louisiana	89.6	0.2	85.3	0.3
Maine	95.2	0.4	93.4	0.4
Maryland	93.0	0.2	92.1	0.2
Massachusetts	95.0	0.2	92.8	0.2
Michigan	95.7	0.1	93.9	0.1
Minnesota	90.4	0.3	88.6	0.3
Mississippi	88.2	0.3	83.4	0.3
Missouri	90.7	0.2	88.9	0.2
Montana	86.8	0.8	81.3	0.9
Nebraska	92.7	0.4	90.7	0.4
Nevada	92.7	0.4	91.1	0.4
New Hampshire	96.5	0.4	94.2	0.5
New Jersey	96.4	0.1	94.6	0.1
New Mexico	80.4	0.7	78.1	0.7
New York	93.9	0.1	91.3	0.1
North Carolina	93.8	0.2	90.9	0.2
North Dakota	82.6	0.9	87.3	0.8
Ohio	94.8	0.1	92.8	0.1
Oklahoma	88.3	0.3	84.9	0.3
Oregon	90.3	0.4	88.8	0.4
Pennsylvania	93.7	0.1	92.2	0.1
Puerto Rico	80.4	0.5	78.4	0.5
Rhode Island	95.4	0.4	94.3	0.4
South Carolina	93.8	0.2	90.7	0.2
South Dakota	87.3	0.8	87.8	0.8
Tennessee	89.6	0.2	87.9	0.2
Texas	90.4	0.1	86.3	0.1
Utah	92.3	0.5	89.1	0.6
Vermont	94.8	0.7	89.8	0.9
Virginia	93.4	0.2	90.6	0.2
Washington	91.1	0.3	88.7	0.3
West Virginia	92.5	0.3	88.7	0.3
Wisconsin	93.7	0.2	91.1	0.3
Wyoming	72.3	1.5	66.2	1.6

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

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 4_3_2-2: 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_3_2-2.html