2007 National Healthcare Quality Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 1.42c

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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
State	Percent^b	Percent^b
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.