Table 4_2_1-3
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 | 2004 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent | SE | Percent | SE | |
| Total | 89.9 | 0.1 | 83.3 | 0.2 |
| Alabama | 86.7 | 0.9 | 79.3 | 1.2 |
| Alaska | 88.3 | 2.8 | 85.7 | 2.9 |
| Arizona | 89.8 | 1.1 | 84.7 | 1.1 |
| Arkansas | 86.5 | 1.3 | 75.4 | 1.5 |
| California | 91.0 | 0.4 | 83.0 | 0.6 |
| Colorado | 93.5 | 0.9 | 90.3 | 1.2 |
| Connecticut | 94.4 | 0.8 | 89.5 | 1.5 |
| Delaware | 95.5 | 0.9 | 88.7 | 3.9 |
| District of Columbia | 85.1 | 4.0 | 87.7 | 2.5 |
| Florida | 91.2 | 0.4 | 82.0 | 0.7 |
| Georgia | 86.0 | 0.9 | 78.9 | 1.0 |
| Hawaii | 91.0 | 1.1 | 80.1 | 2.2 |
| Idaho | 93.2 | 1.6 | 85.4 | 2.8 |
| Illinois | 89.3 | 0.6 | 83.3 | 0.8 |
| Indiana | 89.8 | 0.8 | 83.7 | 1.0 |
| Iowa | 90.4 | 1.0 | 83.1 | 1.5 |
| Kansas | 81.3 | 1.5 | 82.7 | 1.6 |
| Kentucky | 86.7 | 1.0 | 80.4 | 1.2 |
| Louisiana | 90.9 | 0.7 | 82.1 | 1.1 |
| Maine | 95.2 | 0.8 | 88.7 | 1.7 |
| Maryland | 93.3 | 0.5 | 86.6 | 1.0 |
| Massachusetts | 94.2 | 0.5 | 90.9 | 1.0 |
| Michigan | 91.6 | 0.7 | 85.7 | 0.9 |
| Minnesota | 88.4 | 1.1 | 87.1 | 1.1 |
| Mississippi | 85.0 | 1.2 | 78.0 | 1.6 |
| Missouri | 88.1 | 0.9 | 82.4 | 1.1 |
| Montana | 86.7 | 2.5 | 85.8 | 2.7 |
| Nebraska | 89.2 | 1.6 | 80.5 | 2.4 |
| Nevada | 91.4 | 1.3 | 80.8 | 2.3 |
| New Hampshire | 95.0 | 1.2 | 92.7 | 1.2 |
| New Jersey | 94.5 | 0.5 | 87.5 | 0.9 |
| New Mexico | 82.8 | 2.0 | 75.0 | 2.6 |
| New York | 92.3 | 0.5 | 87.1 | 0.6 |
| North Carolina | 91.0 | 0.7 | 83.6 | 0.9 |
| North Dakota | 87.2 | 2.7 | 86.7 | 2.4 |
| Ohio | 92.1 | 0.5 | 86.2 | 0.7 |
| Oklahoma | 82.1 | 1.4 | 77.1 | 1.5 |
| Oregon | 91.8 | 1.0 | 85.8 | 1.4 |
| Pennsylvania | 91.3 | 0.5 | 83.2 | 0.7 |
| Rhode Island | 92.6 | 1.5 | 90.6 | 2.2 |
| South Carolina | 91.0 | 0.9 | 83.7 | 1.2 |
| South Dakota | 88.6 | 2.1 | 81.1 | 3.0 |
| Tennessee | 85.3 | 1.0 | 77.2 | 1.2 |
| Texas | 89.2 | 0.5 | 80.8 | 0.7 |
| Utah | 87.5 | 2.2 | 75.9 | 2.5 |
| Vermont | 93.9 | 2.1 | 94.4 | 1.5 |
| Virginia | 92.4 | 0.6 | 86.2 | 0.9 |
| Washington | 92.6 | 0.7 | 86.8 | 1.2 |
| West Virginia | 88.4 | 1.1 | 82.8 | 1.4 |
| Wisconsin | 92.3 | 0.7 | 88.4 | 0.9 |
| Wyoming | 87.0 | 2.9 | 87.8 | 3.3 |
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. 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 4_2_1-3: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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