Table 1.44b 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 |
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|
|
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.
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