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Table 1.49c
Percent of AMI patients receiving thrombolytic medication within 30 minutes of arrival, all payers, by State, 2004 and 2006
State 2006 2004
Percenta Percenta
Totalb 29 38
Alabama 26 DSU
Alaska 19 DSU
Arizona 9 DSU
Arkansas 32 DSU
California 38 31
Colorado 37 16
Connecticut 28 DSU
Delaware 36 47
District of Columbia 0 DSU
Florida 32 36
Georgia 34 42
Hawaii 45 DSU
Idaho 34 DSU
Illinois 21 38
Indiana 36 DSU
Iowa 27 28
Kansas 24 DSU
Kentucky 24 26
Louisiana 29 DSU
Maine 44 66
Maryland 34 DSU
Massachusetts 28 DSU
Michigan 21 34
Minnesota 37 DSU
Mississippi 40 DSU
Missouri 38 DSU
Montana 30 DSU
Nebraska 27 DSU
Nevada 30 DSU
New Hampshire 7 DSU
New Jersey 26 DSU
New Mexico 13 56
New York 28 49
North Carolina 38 DSU
North Dakota 24 DSU
Ohio 30 39
Oklahoma 36 DSU
Oregon 25 38
Pennsylvania 28 31
Rhode Island 40 DSU
South Carolina 31 DSU
South Dakota 36 DSU
Tennessee 28 DSU
Texas 29 DSU
Utah 37 DSU
Vermont 17 DSU
Virginia 30 29
Washington 26 48
West Virginia 27 DSU
Wisconsin 23 DSU
Wyoming 46 DSU

a 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.

b Estimates are the means of reporting States.

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

Key: AMI: acute myocardial infarction.

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

 

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