Table 4_2_5-3
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 | 90.8 | 0.3 | 84.0 | 0.4 |
| Alabama | 85.8 | 2.2 | 74.3 | 3.2 |
| Alaska | 88.6 | 5.9 | 83.5 | 4.0 |
| Arizona | 91.3 | 2.6 | 83.2 | 2.8 |
| Arkansas | 84.7 | 3.2 | 72.6 | 4.1 |
| California | 91.5 | 0.8 | 83.3 | 1.1 |
| Colorado | 91.9 | 2.1 | 89.8 | 3.0 |
| Connecticut | 98.0 | 0.4 | 94.5 | 1.1 |
| Delaware | 96.0 | 1.6 | 95.8 | 2.9 |
| District of Columbia | 92.6 | 2.7 | 91.1 | 2.5 |
| Florida | 92.3 | 1.0 | 85.1 | 1.2 |
| Georgia | 87.5 | 2.0 | 79.5 | 2.1 |
| Hawaii | 91.7 | 2.6 | 79.1 | 4.5 |
| Idaho | 91.6 | 4.3 | 76.8 | 9.7 |
| Illinois | 88.9 | 1.4 | 85.1 | 1.5 |
| Indiana | 93.0 | 1.5 | 86.5 | 2.1 |
| Iowa | 91.8 | 2.0 | 84.2 | 3.2 |
| Kansas | 81.1 | 3.4 | 82.6 | 3.6 |
| Kentucky | 88.0 | 2.3 | 83.7 | 2.0 |
| Louisiana | 90.6 | 1.8 | 82.2 | 2.5 |
| Maine | 97.4 | 0.8 | 87.2 | 3.8 |
| Maryland | 93.9 | 0.9 | 89.7 | 1.5 |
| Massachusetts | 97.2 | 0.6 | 95.3 | 0.8 |
| Michigan | 93.0 | 1.6 | 88.9 | 1.7 |
| Minnesota | 94.1 | 1.7 | 92.5 | 1.3 |
| Mississippi | 83.9 | 3.3 | 74.7 | 4.2 |
| Missouri | 87.7 | 2.3 | 82.0 | 2.7 |
| Montana | 86.9 | 5.8 | 95.1 | 1.8 |
| Nebraska | 87.8 | 4.2 | 75.3 | 6.5 |
| Nevada | 90.8 | 2.8 | 76.2 | 6.4 |
| New Hampshire | 98.4 | 0.7 | 93.6 | 2.5 |
| New Jersey | 96.1 | 0.8 | 87.8 | 1.7 |
| New Mexico | 82.1 | 4.4 | 69.3 | 6.6 |
| New York | 95.0 | 0.8 | 90.2 | 0.9 |
| North Carolina | 92.1 | 1.4 | 85.1 | 1.8 |
| North Dakota | 97.9 | 1.1 | 85.5 | 4.8 |
| Ohio | 93.1 | 1.1 | 89.1 | 1.2 |
| Oklahoma | 81.4 | 3.3 | 72.8 | 3.8 |
| Oregon | 93.8 | 1.5 | 83.7 | 3.6 |
| Pennsylvania | 94.8 | 0.7 | 86.3 | 1.1 |
| Rhode Island | 96.2 | 1.5 | 96.6 | 1.1 |
| South Carolina | 91.5 | 2.4 | 84.1 | 2.9 |
| South Dakota | 90.7 | 3.4 | 81.5 | 7.2 |
| Tennessee | 86.1 | 2.2 | 73.7 | 2.9 |
| Texas | 88.8 | 1.2 | 81.1 | 1.5 |
| Utah | 84.1 | 5.9 | 73.0 | 6.0 |
| Vermont | 96.4 | 2.2 | 90.6 | 5.4 |
| Virginia | 94.1 | 1.5 | 87.3 | 1.5 |
| Washington | 93.7 | 1.3 | 91.1 | 1.6 |
| West Virginia | 90.0 | 2.2 | 85.9 | 2.4 |
| Wisconsin | 95.1 | 1.0 | 89.1 | 1.7 |
| Wyoming | 91.0 | 4.1 | 72.1 | 10.9 |
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_5-3: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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