Table 4_3_2-3
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 | 85.1 | 0.3 | 77.6 | 0.3 |
| Alabama | 82.7 | 2.2 | 76.0 | 2.2 |
| Alaska | 80.8 | 7.1 | 82.3 | 5.2 |
| Arizona | 84.2 | 2.6 | 82.4 | 2.9 |
| Arkansas | 85.3 | 2.5 | 66.0 | 2.9 |
| California | 87.8 | 1.0 | 79.0 | 1.1 |
| Colorado | 83.5 | 2.8 | 75.9 | 3.8 |
| Connecticut | 95.0 | 1.0 | 92.6 | 0.9 |
| Delaware | 94.8 | 2.4 | 88.8 | 4.0 |
| District of Columbia | 88.7 | 5.1 | 88.4 | 3.0 |
| Florida | 91.1 | 1.0 | 82.9 | 1.2 |
| Georgia | 82.9 | 1.8 | 73.7 | 2.2 |
| Hawaii | 80.2 | 5.9 | 80.6 | 3.9 |
| Idaho | 89.5 | 3.5 | 81.0 | 2.8 |
| Illinois | 90.0 | 1.1 | 82.7 | 1.3 |
| Indiana | 90.5 | 1.1 | 78.7 | 1.7 |
| Iowa | 78.0 | 2.4 | 70.8 | 3.0 |
| Kansas | 64.4 | 3.3 | 60.7 | 3.2 |
| Kentucky | 79.6 | 2.4 | 69.7 | 2.5 |
| Louisiana | 83.9 | 2.4 | 73.2 | 2.2 |
| Maine | 92.4 | 1.6 | 86.8 | 3.8 |
| Maryland | 93.4 | 0.7 | 91.0 | 0.9 |
| Massachusetts | 92.8 | 1.5 | 88.4 | 1.5 |
| Michigan | 92.0 | 1.2 | 83.9 | 1.6 |
| Minnesota | 81.1 | 1.9 | 76.1 | 2.3 |
| Mississippi | 80.0 | 2.6 | 67.4 | 2.9 |
| Missouri | 81.4 | 2.3 | 71.3 | 2.4 |
| Montana | 70.8 | 4.4 | 61.9 | 6.5 |
| Nebraska | 72.4 | 3.4 | 74.4 | 3.7 |
| Nevada | 81.0 | 5.4 | 76.8 | 4.3 |
| New Hampshire | 96.0 | 1.0 | 82.4 | 4.6 |
| New Jersey | 96.2 | 0.5 | 90.5 | 1.0 |
| New Mexico | 66.5 | 5.1 | 68.5 | 4.2 |
| New York | 92.4 | 0.9 | 85.4 | 0.9 |
| North Carolina | 91.2 | 1.1 | 79.5 | 1.6 |
| North Dakota | 69.7 | 6.2 | 76.5 | 4.4 |
| Ohio | 92.2 | 0.9 | 90.0 | 1.1 |
| Oklahoma | 72.5 | 2.9 | 66.6 | 2.8 |
| Oregon | 81.9 | 3.2 | 77.6 | 2.8 |
| Pennsylvania | 90.4 | 1.1 | 81.2 | 1.3 |
| Rhode Island | 95.3 | 1.1 | 92.6 | 2.0 |
| South Carolina | 90.3 | 1.6 | 79.7 | 2.2 |
| South Dakota | 70.3 | 4.6 | 65.8 | 5.3 |
| Tennessee | 81.8 | 2.1 | 71.9 | 2.1 |
| Texas | 83.8 | 1.2 | 71.7 | 1.4 |
| Utah | 79.6 | 4.7 | 63.7 | 5.8 |
| Vermont | 93.1 | 1.9 | 85.9 | 3.3 |
| Virginia | 88.9 | 1.9 | 81.3 | 2.0 |
| Washington | 86.8 | 1.9 | 77.2 | 2.6 |
| West Virginia | 85.8 | 3.0 | 75.4 | 3.4 |
| Wisconsin | 87.2 | 1.6 | 80.7 | 1.8 |
| Wyoming | 61.4 | 6.0 | 63.1 | 6.0 |
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_3_2-3: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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