Table 4_3_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 | 84.2 | 0.3 | 73.6 | 0.4 |
| Alabama | 85.8 | 1.2 | 73.3 | 2.3 |
| Alaska | 88.0 | 8.2 | 75.5 | 10.1 |
| Arizona | 84.3 | 1.8 | 76.0 | 2.8 |
| Arkansas | 80.2 | 2.5 | 65.0 | 3.8 |
| California | 86.2 | 0.7 | 72.6 | 1.2 |
| Colorado | 86.4 | 2.0 | 75.9 | 3.7 |
| Connecticut | 87.0 | 1.6 | 79.6 | 1.9 |
| Delaware | 86.6 | 4.5 | 73.0 | 8.4 |
| District of Columbia | 86.1 | 3.4 | 85.1 | 3.9 |
| Florida | 84.2 | 1.0 | 72.8 | 1.2 |
| Georgia | 81.1 | 1.5 | 73.8 | 1.8 |
| Hawaii | 87.1 | 2.1 | 69.4 | 5.9 |
| Idaho | 84.7 | 5.6 | 72.4 | 7.6 |
| Illinois | 84.7 | 1.1 | 76.0 | 1.4 |
| Indiana | 85.3 | 1.3 | 72.4 | 2.2 |
| Iowa | 83.0 | 2.4 | 73.3 | 3.6 |
| Kansas | 70.0 | 3.5 | 68.0 | 3.5 |
| Kentucky | 77.9 | 1.6 | 64.6 | 2.6 |
| Louisiana | 82.6 | 2.0 | 72.8 | 2.1 |
| Maine | 85.3 | 3.0 | 85.1 | 3.0 |
| Maryland | 88.5 | 0.9 | 77.7 | 2.3 |
| Massachusetts | 86.4 | 1.4 | 81.8 | 1.6 |
| Michigan | 87.6 | 1.0 | 77.1 | 1.9 |
| Minnesota | 81.6 | 2.4 | 77.9 | 2.3 |
| Mississippi | 81.4 | 1.9 | 66.0 | 3.4 |
| Missouri | 85.4 | 1.5 | 76.2 | 2.3 |
| Montana | 87.0 | 3.3 | 70.8 | 7.2 |
| Nebraska | 82.1 | 3.6 | 74.7 | 4.3 |
| Nevada | 78.2 | 5.3 | 79.7 | 3.2 |
| New Hampshire | 90.0 | 1.9 | 75.8 | 5.5 |
| New Jersey | 88.8 | 1.0 | 77.5 | 2.0 |
| New Mexico | 80.8 | 2.8 | 64.6 | 4.5 |
| New York | 86.6 | 0.8 | 77.8 | 1.2 |
| North Carolina | 86.8 | 1.1 | 74.6 | 1.9 |
| North Dakota | 86.6 | 5.4 | 73.4 | 7.4 |
| Ohio | 86.4 | 1.0 | 75.8 | 1.4 |
| Oklahoma | 78.0 | 2.8 | 74.5 | 2.5 |
| Oregon | 86.5 | 1.6 | 78.6 | 3.4 |
| Pennsylvania | 82.6 | 0.9 | 67.9 | 1.3 |
| Rhode Island | 85.9 | 2.4 | 84.2 | 3.9 |
| South Carolina | 85.9 | 1.1 | 71.9 | 2.3 |
| South Dakota | 80.5 | 4.9 | 70.7 | 6.4 |
| Tennessee | 81.3 | 1.7 | 68.8 | 2.5 |
| Texas | 84.9 | 0.9 | 73.4 | 1.4 |
| Utah | 79.9 | 4.9 | 78.5 | 5.0 |
| Vermont | 92.9 | 2.0 | 67.6 | 7.7 |
| Virginia | 85.5 | 1.8 | 72.6 | 2.2 |
| Washington | 87.8 | 1.7 | 70.3 | 3.2 |
| West Virginia | 81.0 | 2.6 | 71.0 | 3.3 |
| Wisconsin | 87.6 | 1.5 | 79.8 | 1.6 |
| Wyoming | 75.2 | 6.8 | 77.0 | 6.5 |
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_3_3-3: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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