Table 8_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 | 2005 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent | SE | Percent | SE | |
| Total | 86.1 | 0.2 | 76.5 | 0.2 |
| Alabama | 84.1 | 1.0 | 74.4 | 1.2 |
| Alaska | 84.8 | 3.4 | 72.1 | 3.6 |
| Arizona | 88.5 | 1.0 | 81.7 | 1.8 |
| Arkansas | 86.7 | 0.9 | 76.0 | 1.2 |
| California | 86.6 | 0.6 | 75.5 | 0.7 |
| Colorado | 87.6 | 0.8 | 79.3 | 1.4 |
| Connecticut | 88.2 | 2.1 | 71.0 | 3.9 |
| Delaware | 87.8 | 3.2 | 82.8 | 4.6 |
| District of Columbia | 88.9 | 1.8 | 79.0 | 3.7 |
| Florida | 86.0 | 0.8 | 75.8 | 0.9 |
| Georgia | 84.4 | 0.9 | 74.1 | 1.2 |
| Hawaii | 85.1 | 1.7 | 73.3 | 2.3 |
| Idaho | 89.7 | 1.2 | 78.5 | 3.4 |
| Illinois | 85.9 | 0.8 | 75.4 | 0.9 |
| Indiana | 86.7 | 0.8 | 78.5 | 1.1 |
| Iowa | 86.3 | 1.6 | 78.7 | 1.7 |
| Kansas | 80.3 | 2.0 | 69.3 | 2.3 |
| Kentucky | 84.5 | 1.1 | 74.7 | 1.2 |
| Louisiana | 82.4 | 1.3 | 71.9 | 1.6 |
| Maine | 92.9 | 0.8 | 78.6 | 2.4 |
| Maryland | 88.9 | 0.7 | 80.9 | 1.2 |
| Massachusetts | 88.1 | 1.6 | 76.5 | 1.4 |
| Michigan | 91.1 | 0.5 | 82.1 | 0.9 |
| Minnesota | 84.7 | 1.6 | 76.9 | 1.5 |
| Mississippi | 77.8 | 2.1 | 73.4 | 2.2 |
| Missouri | 84.0 | 1.4 | 75.9 | 1.3 |
| Montana | 85.7 | 2.7 | 73.6 | 3.7 |
| Nebraska | 91.4 | 1.3 | 82.9 | 2.2 |
| Nevada | 85.7 | 2.3 | 75.0 | 4.3 |
| New Hampshire | 92.3 | 1.0 | 81.3 | 1.7 |
| New Jersey | 91.3 | 0.6 | 77.8 | 1.3 |
| New Mexico | 80.8 | 3.0 | 76.9 | 2.0 |
| New York | 88.5 | 0.7 | 77.8 | 1.0 |
| North Carolina | 86.8 | 0.9 | 75.5 | 1.1 |
| North Dakota | 82.7 | 5.0 | 78.0 | 3.5 |
| Ohio | 88.9 | 0.5 | 78.0 | 0.8 |
| Oklahoma | 83.0 | 1.9 | 74.8 | 2.0 |
| Oregon | 87.3 | 1.2 | 78.9 | 1.4 |
| Pennsylvania | 87.4 | 0.6 | 76.6 | 0.9 |
| Rhode Island | 83.9 | 8.5 | 83.5 | 2.0 |
| South Carolina | 87.1 | 0.8 | 75.1 | 1.6 |
| South Dakota | 81.4 | 2.7 | 75.0 | 4.2 |
| Tennessee | 86.5 | 1.0 | 76.1 | 1.0 |
| Texas | 84.3 | 0.6 | 73.6 | 0.9 |
| Utah | 88.0 | 1.1 | 80.3 | 1.5 |
| Vermont | 93.3 | 1.5 | 83.2 | 2.4 |
| Virginia | 87.4 | 0.7 | 77.1 | 1.2 |
| Washington | 86.4 | 1.2 | 75.4 | 1.9 |
| West Virginia | 84.4 | 1.7 | 75.9 | 1.6 |
| Wisconsin | 89.9 | 0.8 | 83.1 | 0.8 |
| Wyoming | 83.0 | 3.5 | 80.7 | 2.3 |
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 8_2_4-3: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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