Table 10_1_6-3
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.
| State | 2007 | 2005 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent | SE | Percent | SE | |
| Total | 81.7 | 0.3 | 71.4 | 0.6 |
| Alabama | 79.5 | 2.3 | 75.3 | 3.1 |
| Alaska | 77.0 | 4.1 | * | * |
| Arizona | 78.0 | 2.1 | 73.0 | 6.5 |
| Arkansas | 77.7 | 2.7 | 71.8 | 4.0 |
| California | 78.7 | 1.1 | 66.9 | 2.0 |
| Colorado | 83.0 | 1.4 | 68.4 | 7.3 |
| Connecticut | 86.9 | 1.5 | * | * |
| Delaware | 88.4 | 3.0 | 81.6 | 3.6 |
| District of Columbia | 84.1 | 3.2 | * | * |
| Florida | 86.9 | 0.9 | 76.1 | 1.6 |
| Georgia | 75.1 | 2.0 | 66.6 | 4.0 |
| Hawaii | 78.4 | 6.1 | * | * |
| Idaho | 84.7 | 3.4 | 78.3 | 5.4 |
| Illinois | 79.4 | 1.7 | 69.1 | 3.0 |
| Indiana | 82.1 | 1.9 | 67.0 | 3.5 |
| Iowa | 85.7 | 1.7 | 70.8 | 4.3 |
| Kansas | 79.1 | 2.3 | 62.1 | 5.4 |
| Kentucky | 78.8 | 2.4 | 61.9 | 6.8 |
| Louisiana | 77.3 | 2.1 | 69.4 | 4.2 |
| Maine | 91.5 | 1.0 | 73.5 | 6.5 |
| Maryland | 89.0 | 0.9 | 78.6 | 2.1 |
| Massachusetts | 88.9 | 1.2 | 80.6 | 3.1 |
| Michigan | 86.2 | 1.5 | 78.9 | 2.0 |
| Minnesota | 85.4 | 1.6 | 62.3 | 7.2 |
| Mississippi | 77.1 | 3.3 | 65.2 | 4.5 |
| Missouri | 83.3 | 1.8 | 76.6 | 3.8 |
| Montana | 85.1 | 4.0 | 80.5 | 3.6 |
| Nebraska | 85.8 | 2.3 | 69.4 | 6.0 |
| Nevada | 77.2 | 2.1 | 69.6 | 6.4 |
| New Hampshire | 91.5 | 1.2 | 65.9 | 6.0 |
| New Jersey | 90.0 | 1.0 | 81.3 | 2.1 |
| New Mexico | 69.3 | 4.4 | 70.2 | 5.8 |
| New York | 85.9 | 0.9 | 71.9 | 2.5 |
| North Carolina | 86.0 | 1.5 | 77.0 | 2.3 |
| North Dakota | 85.9 | 6.7 | 84.8 | 1.2 |
| Ohio | 85.1 | 1.0 | 72.2 | 2.6 |
| Oklahoma | 78.7 | 2.6 | 75.6 | 4.1 |
| Oregon | 78.6 | 2.4 | 76.8 | 3.7 |
| Pennsylvania | 82.8 | 1.2 | 63.1 | 3.2 |
| Rhode Island | 92.0 | 1.9 | * | * |
| South Carolina | 84.3 | 2.4 | 76.7 | 2.9 |
| South Dakota | 86.8 | 3.8 | 85.4 | 3.7 |
| Tennessee | 79.9 | 2.0 | 67.9 | 4.7 |
| Texas | 74.5 | 1.3 | 62.8 | 3.2 |
| Utah | 79.3 | 2.8 | 61.3 | 5.5 |
| Vermont | 92.2 | 1.8 | 77.8 | 3.6 |
| Virginia | 81.8 | 1.7 | 64.7 | 4.9 |
| Washington | 85.1 | 1.3 | 75.6 | 6.1 |
| West Virginia | 75.0 | 4.2 | 65.1 | 4.7 |
| Wisconsin | 89.6 | 1.2 | 75.6 | 3.4 |
| Wyoming | 82.9 | 2.5 | 51.1 | 10.4 |
a Data were downloaded from http://www.medicare.gov/Download/DownloadDB.asp in late April each year. Estimates are calculated using hospital-level scores.
Key: SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital Compare.
Current as of September 2009
Internet Citation: Table 10_1_6-3: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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