Table 4_2_7-3
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 | 90.6 | 0.4 | 74.6 | 0.7 |
| Alabama | 92.0 | 2.9 | 79.7 | 4.1 |
| Alaska | 77.5 | 12.7 | 70.3 | 16.3 |
| Arizona | 90.5 | 3.1 | 75.8 | 4.8 |
| Arkansas | 86.5 | 5.1 | 81.7 | 7.0 |
| California | 88.9 | 1.4 | 66.3 | 2.6 |
| Colorado | 92.7 | 3.5 | 85.7 | 5.4 |
| Connecticut | 91.2 | 4.0 | 81.5 | 6.8 |
| Delaware | 97.4 | 1.4 | * | * |
| District of Columbia | 67.4 | 17.6 | * | * |
| Florida | 94.2 | 1.4 | 71.1 | 3.2 |
| Georgia | 88.6 | 2.9 | 69.5 | 5.1 |
| Hawaii | 92.2 | 2.4 | 75.8 | 8.9 |
| Idaho | 99.0 | 0.6 | 91.9 | 4.2 |
| Illinois | 91.3 | 1.9 | 73.9 | 3.4 |
| Indiana | 91.8 | 2.4 | 78.6 | 4.7 |
| Iowa | 92.8 | 4.0 | 78.1 | 6.6 |
| Kansas | 79.2 | 6.3 | 77.7 | 7.1 |
| Kentucky | 89.5 | 3.4 | 72.2 | 5.0 |
| Louisiana | 93.1 | 2.0 | 71.7 | 4.8 |
| Maine | 91.1 | 4.3 | 69.4 | 13.8 |
| Maryland | 96.6 | 1.0 | 81.3 | 4.2 |
| Massachusetts | 92.4 | 1.7 | 68.8 | 6.3 |
| Michigan | 89.8 | 2.5 | 82.1 | 3.4 |
| Minnesota | 72.1 | 6.4 | 75.0 | 7.6 |
| Mississippi | 95.6 | 1.6 | 71.3 | 7.9 |
| Missouri | 94.1 | 2.3 | 82.2 | 4.0 |
| Montana | 96.6 | 1.6 | 69.7 | 9.8 |
| Nebraska | 94.0 | 4.7 | 77.5 | 8.6 |
| Nevada | 95.0 | 2.6 | 60.6 | 9.2 |
| New Hampshire | 87.8 | 8.0 | 86.7 | 6.8 |
| New Jersey | 96.7 | 1.5 | 80.8 | 4.2 |
| New Mexico | 71.7 | 8.1 | 49.3 | 10.4 |
| New York | 89.8 | 1.8 | 68.0 | 3.9 |
| North Carolina | 96.1 | 1.2 | 73.8 | 4.8 |
| North Dakota | 61.0 | 12.8 | 65.7 | 12.7 |
| Ohio | 95.4 | 1.2 | 73.1 | 3.7 |
| Oklahoma | 88.3 | 3.8 | 72.8 | 6.3 |
| Oregon | 82.6 | 5.2 | 72.2 | 6.8 |
| Pennsylvania | 90.1 | 1.9 | 75.6 | 3.4 |
| Rhode Island | 90.8 | 6.2 | 73.3 | 10.8 |
| South Carolina | 95.7 | 2.4 | 79.0 | 5.8 |
| South Dakota | 62.1 | 13.8 | 90.1 | 8.2 |
| Tennessee | 91.0 | 2.9 | 80.6 | 3.8 |
| Texas | 92.4 | 1.5 | 73.5 | 3.0 |
| Utah | 99.1 | 0.4 | 74.4 | 8.0 |
| Vermont | 88.0 | 11.0 | * | * |
| Virginia | 89.7 | 2.6 | 81.3 | 4.3 |
| Washington | 90.0 | 2.9 | 71.2 | 5.5 |
| West Virginia | 90.6 | 3.5 | 74.6 | 6.5 |
| Wisconsin | 89.0 | 3.2 | 80.8 | 4.9 |
| Wyoming | 79.1 | 13.2 | * | * |
a Data were downloaded from http://www.medicare.gov/Download/DownloadDB.asp in late April each year. Estimates are calculated using hospital-level scores.
* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
Key: SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital Compare.
Current as of September 2009
Internet Citation: Table 4_2_7-3: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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