Table 4_2_3-3
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 | 90.3 | 0.3 | 86.3 | 0.3 |
| Alabama | 91.1 | 1.5 | 83.4 | 2.8 |
| Alaska | 89.1 | 5.8 | 86.9 | 6.7 |
| Arizona | 89.3 | 2.9 | 89.4 | 2.0 |
| Arkansas | 84.5 | 3.4 | 74.8 | 4.0 |
| California | 91.2 | 0.9 | 87.9 | 1.0 |
| Colorado | 96.6 | 1.2 | 93.6 | 1.8 |
| Connecticut | 96.4 | 0.9 | 92.9 | 2.4 |
| Delaware | 97.8 | 1.0 | 94.8 | 2.1 |
| District of Columbia | 94.1 | 2.5 | 94.4 | 2.2 |
| Florida | 91.0 | 1.0 | 83.1 | 1.4 |
| Georgia | 86.0 | 1.9 | 81.4 | 2.2 |
| Hawaii | 89.6 | 2.8 | 88.1 | 2.5 |
| Idaho | 96.0 | 3.3 | 90.3 | 4.4 |
| Illinois | 90.0 | 1.2 | 86.0 | 1.8 |
| Indiana | 89.5 | 1.9 | 87.5 | 2.0 |
| Iowa | 88.9 | 2.4 | 85.5 | 3.4 |
| Kansas | 86.2 | 3.1 | 84.6 | 3.6 |
| Kentucky | 88.5 | 2.3 | 85.9 | 2.0 |
| Louisiana | 89.8 | 1.8 | 88.0 | 2.0 |
| Maine | 97.2 | 0.8 | 92.1 | 2.4 |
| Maryland | 95.1 | 0.8 | 90.4 | 1.2 |
| Massachusetts | 96.5 | 0.7 | 95.5 | 0.9 |
| Michigan | 93.0 | 1.2 | 87.2 | 1.8 |
| Minnesota | 89.7 | 2.2 | 89.1 | 2.2 |
| Mississippi | 82.2 | 3.3 | 81.5 | 3.3 |
| Missouri | 88.4 | 2.2 | 85.4 | 2.6 |
| Montana | 84.6 | 6.8 | 85.9 | 7.2 |
| Nebraska | 87.5 | 4.2 | 87.2 | 5.2 |
| Nevada | 90.8 | 2.9 | 87.1 | 5.4 |
| New Hampshire | 96.0 | 1.8 | 94.0 | 2.5 |
| New Jersey | 94.0 | 1.2 | 87.0 | 1.9 |
| New Mexico | 88.7 | 2.8 | 80.3 | 6.0 |
| New York | 94.2 | 0.8 | 89.9 | 0.9 |
| North Carolina | 92.2 | 1.2 | 86.4 | 1.5 |
| North Dakota | 86.6 | 6.8 | 85.7 | 7.2 |
| Ohio | 92.7 | 1.0 | 90.1 | 1.1 |
| Oklahoma | 83.4 | 2.9 | 79.3 | 3.4 |
| Oregon | 95.4 | 1.2 | 91.6 | 2.7 |
| Pennsylvania | 92.7 | 0.9 | 86.5 | 1.4 |
| Rhode Island | 96.9 | 1.2 | 98.2 | 0.7 |
| South Carolina | 89.1 | 2.5 | 86.4 | 2.1 |
| South Dakota | 90.0 | 4.5 | 76.9 | 8.7 |
| Tennessee | 84.9 | 2.3 | 76.7 | 3.1 |
| Texas | 88.2 | 1.3 | 84.7 | 1.3 |
| Utah | 83.4 | 6.3 | 73.6 | 6.9 |
| Vermont | 88.4 | 7.7 | 93.9 | 3.1 |
| Virginia | 94.3 | 1.0 | 88.9 | 1.7 |
| Washington | 93.2 | 1.3 | 92.1 | 1.6 |
| West Virginia | 87.3 | 2.2 | 84.1 | 2.4 |
| Wisconsin | 93.7 | 1.5 | 94.1 | 1.4 |
| Wyoming | 85.3 | 6.8 | 85.3 | 9.6 |
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 4_2_3-3: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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