National Healthcare Quality Report, 2006: Table 2.5b

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Table 2.5b
Percent of adult surgery patients who received appropriate timing of antibiotics,^a Medicare beneficiaries, by State, 2004
	2004
State	Percent	Standard error
United States	57.7	0.2
Alabama	54.1	1.8
Alaska	59.3	1.7
Arizona	47.7	1.7
Arkansas	55.4	1.7
California	49.5	1.8
Colorado	60.6	1.7
Connecticut	61.4	1.7
Delaware	63.1	1.8
District of Columbia	66.6	1.7
Florida	54.2	1.8
Georgia	53.8	1.8
Hawaii	54.7	1.8
Idaho	54.1	1.7
Illinois	55.6	1.8
Indiana	51.3	1.7
Iowa	64.6	1.7
Kansas	57.5	1.7
Kentucky	50.0	1.8
Louisiana	49.1	1.8
Maine	67.7	1.6
Maryland	62.9	1.7
Massachusetts	61.5	1.7
Michigan	61.0	1.7
Minnesota	67.9	1.6
Mississippi	49.0	1.8
Missouri	62.1	1.7
Montana	71.3	1.7
Nebraska	68.1	1.6
Nevada	39.6	1.7
New Hampshire	50.7	1.8
New Jersey	70.6	1.6
New Mexico	58.0	1.8
New York	56.1	1.9
North Carolina	61.4	1.7
North Dakota	68.2	1.6
Ohio	47.5	1.8
Oklahoma	70.2	1.6
Oregon	54.6	1.8
Pennsylvania	54.2	1.7
Puerto Rico	27.9	2.1
Rhode Island	70.3	1.6
South Carolina	64.8	1.6
South Dakota	68.0	1.7
Tennessee	54.7	1.8
Texas	52.2	1.8
Utah	56.5	1.8
Vermont	51.0	1.7
Virginia	60.7	1.7
Washington	57.4	1.8
West Virginia	62.2	1.7
Wisconsin	66.1	1.6
Wyoming	44.9	1.7

^a Appropriate timing of antibiotics includes receiving prophylactic antibiotics within 1 hour prior to surgical incision, and discontinuing the antibiotics within 24 hours after surgery end time.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program.

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