Median time for Medicare AMI patients to thrombolysisa, by State, 2002 and 2003 |
State | 2003 | 2002 |
---|---|---|
United States | 46 | 47 |
Alabama | 56 | 39 |
Alaska | 46 | 43 |
Arizona | 35 | 39 |
Arkansas | 77 | 49 |
California | 46 | 48 |
Colorado | 50 | 39 |
Connecticut | 26 | 54 |
Delaware | 110 | 38 |
District of Columbia | 40 | 89 |
Florida | 50 | 49 |
Georgia | 67 | 41 |
Hawaii | 43 | 49 |
Idaho | 69 | 50 |
Illinois | 22 | 127 |
Indiana | 38 | 43 |
Iowa | 12 | 42 |
Kansas | 10 | 57 |
Kentucky | 28 | 26 |
Louisiana | 78 | 140 |
Maine | 33 | 40 |
Maryland | 156 | 48 |
Massachusetts | 21 | 38 |
Michigan | 64 | 54 |
Minnesota | 41 | 53 |
Mississippi | 31 | 21 |
Missouri | 44 | 36 |
Montana | 59 | 42 |
Nebraska | 50 | 52 |
Nevada | 35 | 50 |
New Hampshire | 25 | 34 |
New Jersey | 66 | 60 |
New Mexico | 49 | 58 |
New York | 192 | 69 |
North Carolina | 30 | 23 |
North Dakota | 41 | 48 |
Ohio | 53 | 40 |
Oklahoma | 44 | 54 |
Oregon | 50 | 39 |
Pennsylvania | 95 | 40 |
Puerto Rico | 122 | 64 |
Rhode Island | 47 | 49 |
South Carolina | 56 | 45 |
South Dakota | 58 | 77 |
Tennessee | 109 | 64 |
Texas | 55 | 48 |
Utah | 44 | 36 |
Vermont | 38 | 45 |
Virginia | 44 | 37 |
Washington | 350 | 46 |
West Virginia | 44 | 45 |
Wisconsin | 82 | 92 |
Wyoming | 48 | 45 |
a Time in minutes from arrival to initiation of a thrombolytic agent in patients with ST segment elevation or left bundle branch block (LBBB) on the electrocardiogram (ECG) performed closest to hospital arrival time.
DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality or confidentiality.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program.