Table A-11. Percent of Respondents Giving Their Work Area/Unit a Patient Safety Grade by Hospital Geographic Region

2007 Comparative Database Report

Work Area/Unit Patient Safety Grade	Region
	Mid Atlantic/ New England	South Atlantic	East North Central	East South Central	West North Central	West South Central	Mountain	Pacific
	20 Hospitals 10,796 Respond- ents	60 Hospitals 17,870 Respond- ents	100 Hospitals 34,715 Respond- ents	26 Hospitals 6,982 Respond- ents	83 Hospitals 17,418 Respond- ents	31 Hospitals 10,223 Respond- ents	35 Hospitals 5,809 Respond- ents	27 Hospitals 4,808 Respond- ents
A Excellent	21%	21%	21%	24%	23%	28%	21%	20%
B Very Good	46%	48%	49%	49%	52%	47%	39%	48%
C Acceptable	27%	27%	25%	23%	23%	21%	25%	24%
D Poor	5%	4%	5%	4%	3%	3%	12%	7%
E Failing	1%	0%	1%	0%	0%	1%	3%	1%

*Note: States are categorized into AHA-defined regions as follows:

Region	States
Mid Atlantic/New England	NY, NJ, PA, ME, NH, VT, MA, RI, CT
South Atlantic	DE, MD, DC, VA, WV, NC, SC, GA, FL
West North Central	MN, IA, MO, ND, SD, NE, KS
West South Central	AR, LA, OK, TX
East North Central	OH, IN, IL, MI, WI
East South Central	KY, TN, AL, MS
Mountain	MT, ID, WY, CO, NM, AZ, UT, NV
Pacific	WA, OR, CA, AK, HI

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Page last reviewed December 2012

Internet Citation: Table A-11. Percent of Respondents Giving Their Work Area/Unit a Patient Safety Grade by Hospital Geographic Region: 2007 Comparative Database Report. December 2012. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://archive.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/hospital/2007/hospdbtaba11.html