Table 10_1_7-3
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 | 77.6 | 0.3 | 65.0 | 0.6 |
| Alabama | 76.5 | 2.0 | 66.8 | 3.3 |
| Alaska | 80.5 | 3.8 | * | * |
| Arizona | 74.6 | 1.9 | 60.9 | 8.8 |
| Arkansas | 76.5 | 3.1 | 69.3 | 4.6 |
| California | 72.4 | 1.0 | 52.9 | 2.4 |
| Colorado | 75.2 | 2.5 | 71.3 | 5.3 |
| Connecticut | 81.1 | 2.4 | * | * |
| Delaware | 82.0 | 3.4 | 64.6 | 5.4 |
| District of Columbia | 75.3 | 2.4 | * | * |
| Florida | 75.7 | 1.3 | 60.5 | 2.3 |
| Georgia | 75.0 | 1.7 | 61.6 | 4.1 |
| Hawaii | 76.6 | 3.4 | * | * |
| Idaho | 72.1 | 4.9 | 67.0 | 9.1 |
| Illinois | 73.7 | 1.6 | 62.9 | 2.8 |
| Indiana | 76.5 | 1.8 | 57.0 | 3.5 |
| Iowa | 80.5 | 2.7 | 72.1 | 4.4 |
| Kansas | 76.3 | 2.4 | 68.9 | 4.6 |
| Kentucky | 72.4 | 2.4 | 61.6 | 7.6 |
| Louisiana | 69.1 | 2.0 | 49.0 | 6.6 |
| Maine | 90.6 | 1.4 | 76.1 | 5.0 |
| Maryland | 78.3 | 2.2 | 59.8 | 3.8 |
| Massachusetts | 83.9 | 1.6 | 71.3 | 3.7 |
| Michigan | 86.6 | 1.1 | 75.9 | 2.3 |
| Minnesota | 86.1 | 1.4 | 69.5 | 6.5 |
| Mississippi | 74.1 | 2.8 | 55.7 | 3.5 |
| Missouri | 77.5 | 2.1 | 67.5 | 4.6 |
| Montana | 87.5 | 2.6 | 78.1 | 6.0 |
| Nebraska | 88.4 | 2.0 | 74.0 | 5.3 |
| Nevada | 63.2 | 3.5 | 30.8 | 6.4 |
| New Hampshire | 88.8 | 1.7 | 72.4 | 5.9 |
| New Jersey | 84.3 | 1.6 | 68.8 | 2.8 |
| New Mexico | 81.3 | 2.4 | 73.2 | 6.2 |
| New York | 79.1 | 1.1 | 66.1 | 2.5 |
| North Carolina | 79.8 | 1.4 | 69.4 | 3.2 |
| North Dakota | 82.7 | 3.0 | 75.0 | 6.2 |
| Ohio | 79.3 | 1.1 | 56.8 | 4.0 |
| Oklahoma | 83.5 | 1.8 | 82.3 | 4.5 |
| Oregon | 75.4 | 2.7 | 73.5 | 7.4 |
| Pennsylvania | 75.6 | 1.4 | 61.8 | 3.4 |
| Rhode Island | 84.7 | 3.0 | * | * |
| South Carolina | 82.5 | 1.7 | 70.5 | 3.5 |
| South Dakota | 88.4 | 3.6 | 74.1 | 6.9 |
| Tennessee | 73.7 | 2.3 | 67.6 | 4.1 |
| Texas | 73.8 | 1.1 | 60.6 | 3.2 |
| Utah | 74.8 | 3.2 | 59.5 | 6.0 |
| Vermont | 85.2 | 4.7 | 69.5 | 6.3 |
| Virginia | 77.4 | 2.0 | 63.1 | 5.8 |
| Washington | 81.1 | 1.7 | 73.0 | 5.9 |
| West Virginia | 71.9 | 3.2 | 68.3 | 4.4 |
| Wisconsin | 84.8 | 1.6 | 66.7 | 4.1 |
| Wyoming | 84.6 | 3.2 | 66.3 | 9.0 |
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_7-3: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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