Table 4_2_1-2
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 | 2006 | 2005 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent | SE | Percent | SE | |
| United Statesb | 95.2 | 0.0 | 93.5 | 1.9 |
| Alabama | 94.0 | 0.1 | 92.4 | 0.1 |
| Alaska | 95.4 | 0.5 | 94.0 | 0.5 |
| Arizona | 94.9 | 0.1 | 93.2 | 0.1 |
| Arkansas | 93.1 | 0.2 | 91.6 | 0.2 |
| California | 94.9 | 0.1 | 93.4 | 0.1 |
| Colorado | 97.4 | 0.1 | 96.8 | 0.1 |
| Connecticut | 96.3 | 0.1 | 94.4 | 0.2 |
| Delaware | 96.2 | 0.2 | 95.5 | 0.3 |
| District of Columbia | 93.7 | 0.3 | 91.3 | 0.5 |
| Florida | 94.1 | 0.1 | 91.8 | 0.1 |
| Georgia | 94.6 | 0.1 | 92.2 | 0.1 |
| Hawaii | 93.0 | 0.3 | 90.1 | 0.3 |
| Idaho | 97.8 | 0.2 | 96.3 | 0.3 |
| Illinois | 95.0 | 0.1 | 93.1 | 0.1 |
| Indiana | 95.8 | 0.1 | 93.6 | 0.1 |
| Iowa | 96.6 | 0.1 | 95.8 | 0.1 |
| Kansas | 93.9 | 0.2 | 94.2 | 0.2 |
| Kentucky | 94.6 | 0.1 | 92.5 | 0.1 |
| Louisiana | 93.8 | 0.1 | 91.5 | 0.2 |
| Maine | 96.2 | 0.2 | 94.8 | 0.2 |
| Maryland | 94.7 | 0.1 | 93.1 | 0.2 |
| Massachusetts | 97.1 | 0.1 | 96.2 | 0.1 |
| Michigan | 96.3 | 0.1 | 95.2 | 0.1 |
| Minnesota | 97.2 | 0.1 | 95.9 | 0.1 |
| Mississippi | 93.1 | 0.2 | 90.6 | 0.2 |
| Missouri | 96.0 | 0.1 | 93.7 | 0.1 |
| Montana | 96.2 | 0.3 | 95.4 | 0.3 |
| Nebraska | 96.7 | 0.2 | 95.3 | 0.2 |
| Nevada | 94.4 | 0.2 | 92.2 | 0.2 |
| New Hampshire | 97.7 | 0.2 | 96.1 | 0.2 |
| New Jersey | 96.3 | 0.1 | 95.8 | 0.1 |
| New Mexico | 93.1 | 0.3 | 90.3 | 0.3 |
| New York | 95.4 | 0.1 | 93.7 | 0.1 |
| North Carolina | 96.5 | 0.1 | 94.9 | 0.1 |
| North Dakota | 97.5 | 0.2 | 96.1 | 0.3 |
| Ohio | 96.3 | 0.1 | 95.1 | 0.1 |
| Oklahoma | 95.3 | 0.1 | 92.2 | 0.2 |
| Oregon | 95.9 | 0.1 | 94.8 | 0.2 |
| Pennsylvania | 95.7 | 0.1 | 93.8 | 0.1 |
| Puerto Rico | 79.7 | 0.3 | 77.8 | 0.3 |
| Rhode Island | 96.6 | 0.2 | 93.6 | 0.3 |
| South Carolina | 96.1 | 0.1 | 94.1 | 0.1 |
| South Dakota | 97.3 | 0.2 | 96.4 | 0.3 |
| Tennessee | 94.3 | 0.1 | 92.1 | 0.1 |
| Texas | 94.6 | 0.1 | 91.9 | 0.1 |
| Utah | 94.9 | 0.2 | 92.7 | 0.3 |
| Vermont | 96.6 | 0.4 | 93.8 | 0.4 |
| Virginia | 95.7 | 0.1 | 94.4 | 0.1 |
| Washington | 96.0 | 0.1 | 94.6 | 0.1 |
| West Virginia | 95.8 | 0.2 | 94.0 | 0.2 |
| Wisconsin | 96.3 | 0.1 | 95.3 | 0.1 |
| Wyoming | 92.7 | 0.6 | 93.3 | 0.6 |
a Recommended hospital care for patients with heart attack includes administering aspirin and beta blocker within 24 hours of hospital arrival and at discharge, giving a prescription of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker at discharge to patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction, and giving smoking cessation counseling to smoking patients.
b The estimate for the Total row is based on State-level estimates.
Key: SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program.
Current as of September 2009
Internet Citation: Table 4_2_1-2: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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