Table 4_2_4-3
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 | 88.4 | 0.3 | 83.1 | 0.3 |
| Alabama | 84.1 | 1.8 | 76.5 | 2.4 |
| Alaska | 87.6 | 4.1 | 92.3 | 2.8 |
| Arizona | 89.0 | 2.2 | 87.8 | 1.7 |
| Arkansas | 85.6 | 2.1 | 69.2 | 2.6 |
| California | 91.2 | 0.7 | 85.6 | 1.0 |
| Colorado | 90.7 | 2.9 | 90.5 | 2.6 |
| Connecticut | 96.1 | 0.8 | 93.2 | 1.7 |
| Delaware | 94.4 | 2.4 | 87.8 | 4.2 |
| District of Columbia | 86.4 | 4.6 | 83.4 | 4.5 |
| Florida | 89.7 | 0.9 | 85.0 | 1.2 |
| Georgia | 83.5 | 1.9 | 78.3 | 1.9 |
| Hawaii | 91.1 | 2.3 | 77.7 | 2.9 |
| Idaho | 86.6 | 5.2 | 82.9 | 5.9 |
| Illinois | 87.9 | 1.3 | 83.3 | 1.4 |
| Indiana | 86.5 | 2.0 | 79.5 | 2.3 |
| Iowa | 89.3 | 2.2 | 82.7 | 2.7 |
| Kansas | 78.7 | 3.0 | 79.0 | 3.3 |
| Kentucky | 81.8 | 2.6 | 77.7 | 2.4 |
| Louisiana | 88.7 | 1.8 | 78.5 | 2.7 |
| Maine | 96.2 | 1.5 | 95.9 | 0.9 |
| Maryland | 93.0 | 1.0 | 87.9 | 1.2 |
| Massachusetts | 95.6 | 0.7 | 94.7 | 0.9 |
| Michigan | 90.9 | 1.5 | 86.5 | 1.7 |
| Minnesota | 89.3 | 2.0 | 86.6 | 1.7 |
| Mississippi | 81.0 | 3.0 | 70.9 | 3.7 |
| Missouri | 83.5 | 2.4 | 74.6 | 2.9 |
| Montana | 87.1 | 5.4 | 88.8 | 5.3 |
| Nebraska | 87.7 | 3.5 | 79.5 | 5.3 |
| Nevada | 88.5 | 3.3 | 80.3 | 4.6 |
| New Hampshire | 97.5 | 1.0 | 94.7 | 1.2 |
| New Jersey | 96.1 | 0.4 | 92.2 | 1.0 |
| New Mexico | 78.6 | 4.4 | 74.7 | 5.3 |
| New York | 93.5 | 0.5 | 90.8 | 0.7 |
| North Carolina | 88.4 | 1.8 | 81.3 | 1.7 |
| North Dakota | 90.8 | 3.7 | 87.7 | 4.5 |
| Ohio | 91.4 | 1.2 | 86.1 | 1.5 |
| Oklahoma | 75.6 | 3.3 | 73.5 | 3.3 |
| Oregon | 92.3 | 1.7 | 87.0 | 1.9 |
| Pennsylvania | 92.2 | 0.7 | 86.8 | 0.9 |
| Rhode Island | 92.7 | 1.5 | 95.6 | 1.2 |
| South Carolina | 90.2 | 1.5 | 82.0 | 2.7 |
| South Dakota | 88.4 | 4.1 | 74.2 | 7.7 |
| Tennessee | 79.3 | 2.5 | 76.0 | 2.4 |
| Texas | 86.3 | 1.3 | 78.1 | 1.5 |
| Utah | 81.6 | 6.3 | 74.8 | 5.1 |
| Vermont | 95.9 | 1.5 | 94.6 | 2.8 |
| Virginia | 90.9 | 1.3 | 87.8 | 1.2 |
| Washington | 93.0 | 1.1 | 88.7 | 2.2 |
| West Virginia | 87.3 | 1.9 | 85.8 | 1.7 |
| Wisconsin | 92.8 | 1.5 | 89.6 | 1.3 |
| Wyoming | 84.7 | 6.4 | 93.9 | 3.5 |
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_4-3: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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