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Table 1.44c
Percent of AMI patients with aspirin prescribed at discharge, all payers, by State, 2004 and 2006
State 2006 2004
Percenta Percenta
Totalb 90 87
Alabama 87 83
Alaska 99 87
Arizona 91 89
Arkansas 86 75
California 90 88
Colorado 96 94
Connecticut 98 93
Delaware 97 95
District of Columbia 85 94
Florida 88 83
Georgia 86 81
Hawaii 88 88
Idaho 90 90
Illinois 89 85
Indiana 91 88
Iowa 90 87
Kansas 88 86
Kentucky 86 87
Louisiana 85 88
Maine 92 92
Maryland 93 89
Massachusetts 95 95
Michigan 93 87
Minnesota 94 89
Mississippi 83 81
Missouri 88 85
Montana 93 86
Nebraska 91 87
Nevada 87 87
New Hampshire 95 93
New Jersey 92 87
New Mexico 78 80
New York 94 90
North Carolina 89 86
North Dakota 91 86
Ohio 94 90
Oklahoma 85 79
Oregon 91 91
Pennsylvania 91 87
Rhode Island 93 98
South Carolina 85 87
South Dakota 95 80
Tennessee 82 77
Texas 89 85
Utah 82 74
Vermont 88 93
Virginia 91 89
Washington 94 92
West Virginia 88 84
Wisconsin 94 94
Wyoming 83 85

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.

Key: AMI: acute myocardial infarction.

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

 

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