Asthma Care Quality Improvement: A Resource Guide for State Action

Table 1.2. Potential for Improvement: Percent of Asthma Hospitalizations That Would Need To Be Reduced To Achieve Best-in-class Performance, by State and Age Group, 2004

	Hospital admissions for pediatric asthma per 100,000 population under age 18		Hospital admissions for adult asthma per 100,000 population ages 18-64		Hospital admissions for adult asthma per 100,000 population ages 65+
State	Adjusted rate	Percent to be reduced to achieve best-in-class	Adjusted rate	Percent to be reduced to achieve best-in-class	Adjusted rate	Percent to be reduced to achieve best-in-class
Total U.S.	201.945	—	102.045	—	225.930	—
Best in class¹	72.182	—	43.005	—	112.982	—
Arizona	184.584	60.9%	75.364	42.9%	166.514	32.1%
Arkansas	144.853	50.2%	101.831	57.8%	209.653	46.1%
California	137.269	47.4%	60.367	28.8%	198.930	43.2%
Colorado	186.616	61.3%	55.560	22.6%	130.829	13.6%
Florida	243.050	70.3%	114.587	62.5%	236.031	52.1%
Hawaii	150.322	52.0%	82.814	48.1%	199.991	43.5%
Iowa	100.083	27.9%	56.658	24.1%	125.133	9.7%
Kansas	168.546	57.2%	80.710	46.7%	164.702	31.4%
Kentucky	285.456	74.7%	134.522	68.0%	264.188	57.2%
Massachusetts	184.129	60.8%	108.566	60.4%	241.589	53.2%
Michigan	224.477	67.8%	123.915	65.3%	224.852	49.8%
Minnesota	142.629	49.4%	58.573	26.6%	130.531	13.4%
Missouri	214.656	66.4%	101.238	57.5%	177.356	36.3%
Nebraska	105.393	31.5%	54.217	20.7%	135.028	16.3%
Nevada	142.645	49.4%	85.086	49.5%	148.429	23.9%
New Hampshire	65.247	-10.6%	70.778	39.2%	127.655	11.5%
New Jersey	244.706	70.5%	137.834	68.8%	277.496	59.3%
New York	345.183	79.1%	156.390	72.5%	302.108	62.6%
North Carolina	158.698	54.5%	102.792	58.2%	213.224	47.0%
Oregon	80.131	9.9%	45.829	6.2%	113.305	0.3%
Rhode Island	209.587	65.6%	94.720	54.6%	185.939	39.2%
South Carolina	229.531	68.6%	111.987	61.6%	215.607	47.6%
Tennessee	194.999	63.0%	107.116	59.9%	238.465	52.6%
Utah	100.930	28.5%	36.358	-18.3%	129.507	12.8%
Vermont	71.167	-1.4%	46.828	8.2%	111.439	-1.4%
Washington	121.465	40.6%	51.636	16.7%	114.201	1.1%
West Virginia	228.785	68.4%	143.966	70.1%	347.759	67.5%
Wisconsin	135.246	46.6%	74.911	42.6%	149.532	24.4%

¹ Best in class rate is calculated from the weighted average of the lowest 10 percent of States' hospitalization rates.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) (AHRQ, 2004b).

Page last reviewed October 2014
Page originally created September 2012

Internet Citation: Table 1.2. Potential for Improvement: Percent of Asthma Hospitalizations That Would Need To Be Reduced To Achieve Best-in-class Performance, by State and Age Group, 2004. Content last reviewed October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://archive.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/asthmaqual/asthmacare/table1-2.html