Table 4_3_1.2
Hospital patients with heart failure who received recommended hospital care (evaluation of left ventricular ejection fraction and ACE inhibitor or ARB prescription at discharge, if indicated, for left ventricular systolic dysfunction), by State, 2005 and 2006
| State |
2006 |
2005 |
| Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
| United Statesa |
89.2 |
0.0 |
86.9 |
0.0 |
| Alabama |
88.2 |
0.2 |
86.9 |
0.2 |
| Alaska |
91.5 |
0.8 |
92.7 |
0.8 |
| Arizona |
89.7 |
0.2 |
87.7 |
0.3 |
| Arkansas |
87.0 |
0.3 |
82.3 |
0.3 |
| California |
90.0 |
0.1 |
87.2 |
0.1 |
| Colorado |
90.6 |
0.3 |
88.3 |
0.3 |
| Connecticut |
93.4 |
0.2 |
91.3 |
0.2 |
| Delaware |
90.2 |
0.6 |
87.2 |
0.6 |
| District of Columbia |
86.3 |
0.5 |
85.0 |
0.6 |
| Florida |
90.9 |
0.1 |
88.0 |
0.1 |
| Georgia |
87.4 |
0.2 |
85.0 |
0.2 |
| Hawaii |
84.9 |
0.6 |
82.8 |
0.6 |
| Idaho |
90.0 |
0.6 |
86.6 |
0.7 |
| Illinois |
91.5 |
0.1 |
89.0 |
0.1 |
| Indiana |
89.3 |
0.2 |
85.8 |
0.2 |
| Iowa |
89.9 |
0.3 |
87.8 |
0.3 |
| Kansas |
83.8 |
0.4 |
83.1 |
0.4 |
| Kentucky |
87.3 |
0.2 |
83.0 |
0.2 |
| Louisiana |
87.5 |
0.2 |
84.0 |
0.2 |
| Maine |
93.2 |
0.4 |
91.0 |
0.4 |
| Maryland |
90.9 |
0.2 |
89.7 |
0.2 |
| Massachusetts |
92.9 |
0.2 |
90.7 |
0.2 |
| Michigan |
93.5 |
0.1 |
92.1 |
0.1 |
| Minnesota |
89.4 |
0.2 |
87.2 |
0.3 |
| Mississippi |
86.8 |
0.3 |
83.0 |
0.3 |
| Missouri |
89.7 |
0.2 |
87.6 |
0.2 |
| Montana |
87.5 |
0.6 |
82.7 |
0.7 |
| Nebraska |
90.7 |
0.4 |
88.7 |
0.4 |
| Nevada |
89.7 |
0.4 |
88.6 |
0.4 |
| New Hampshire |
94.2 |
0.4 |
92.4 |
0.4 |
| New Jersey |
94.5 |
0.1 |
92.9 |
0.1 |
| New Mexico |
80.5 |
0.6 |
78.4 |
0.6 |
| New York |
91.9 |
0.1 |
89.0 |
0.1 |
| North Carolina |
91.7 |
0.1 |
88.9 |
0.2 |
| North Dakota |
83.0 |
0.8 |
87.2 |
0.7 |
| Ohio |
92.7 |
0.1 |
90.4 |
0.1 |
| Oklahoma |
88.2 |
0.3 |
85.1 |
0.3 |
| Oregon |
88.8 |
0.3 |
87.3 |
0.4 |
| Pennsylvania |
91.1 |
0.1 |
89.2 |
0.1 |
| Puerto Rico |
81.4 |
0.4 |
79.0 |
0.4 |
| Rhode Island |
93.1 |
0.4 |
92.2 |
0.4 |
| South Carolina |
92.1 |
0.2 |
89.3 |
0.2 |
| South Dakota |
87.2 |
0.7 |
87.1 |
0.7 |
| Tennessee |
87.7 |
0.2 |
85.8 |
0.2 |
| Texas |
88.9 |
0.1 |
85.1 |
0.1 |
| Utah |
90.2 |
0.5 |
88.0 |
0.5 |
| Vermont |
92.3 |
0.7 |
87.1 |
0.8 |
| Virginia |
91.2 |
0.2 |
87.7 |
0.2 |
| Washington |
90.1 |
0.2 |
87.6 |
0.3 |
| West Virginia |
89.9 |
0.3 |
86.9 |
0.3 |
| Wisconsin |
92.1 |
0.2 |
89.2 |
0.2 |
| Wyoming |
74.3 |
1.3 |
68.8 |
1.4 |
a The estimate is based on State-level estimates.
Key: ACE: angiotensin-converting enzyme; ARB: angiotensin receptor blocker; SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program.
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