Table 8_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 | 2006 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent | SE | Percent | SE | |
| Total | 75.4 | 0.4 | 69.7 | 0.4 |
| Alabama | 67.9 | 2.7 | 62.1 | 2.8 |
| Alaska | 68.9 | 10.0 | 64.2 | 8.7 |
| Arizona | 70.1 | 2.5 | 61.6 | 3.0 |
| Arkansas | 78.5 | 2.3 | 69.7 | 3.2 |
| California | 65.9 | 1.5 | 58.2 | 1.7 |
| Colorado | 75.3 | 2.9 | 69.6 | 4.1 |
| Connecticut | 84.4 | 2.9 | 75.0 | 5.1 |
| Delaware | 82.6 | 4.2 | 75.6 | 5.8 |
| District of Columbia | 43.3 | 7.3 | 21.4 | 6.8 |
| Florida | 75.8 | 1.5 | 64.2 | 1.8 |
| Georgia | 70.3 | 1.9 | 59.9 | 2.2 |
| Hawaii | 62.6 | 5.7 | 59.7 | 5.0 |
| Idaho | 80.4 | 4.3 | 71.7 | 4.5 |
| Illinois | 71.5 | 1.8 | 63.5 | 2.3 |
| Indiana | 80.0 | 1.9 | 73.2 | 2.4 |
| Iowa | 83.8 | 2.0 | 84.6 | 2.2 |
| Kansas | 61.9 | 3.3 | 62.9 | 3.5 |
| Kentucky | 79.2 | 2.0 | 75.9 | 2.3 |
| Louisiana | 67.3 | 2.6 | 58.0 | 3.9 |
| Maine | 87.7 | 2.5 | 80.2 | 3.6 |
| Maryland | 73.5 | 2.9 | 68.9 | 3.5 |
| Massachusetts | 80.6 | 1.9 | 75.4 | 2.5 |
| Michigan | 78.3 | 1.9 | 73.0 | 2.4 |
| Minnesota | 81.3 | 2.1 | 73.9 | 2.9 |
| Mississippi | 68.6 | 3.2 | 64.0 | 4.2 |
| Missouri | 77.5 | 1.8 | 70.2 | 2.3 |
| Montana | 83.6 | 3.0 | 83.4 | 4.3 |
| Nebraska | 81.2 | 2.6 | 76.8 | 3.2 |
| Nevada | 61.7 | 5.9 | 54.4 | 5.9 |
| New Hampshire | 92.7 | 1.6 | 84.5 | 4.4 |
| New Jersey | 88.6 | 1.2 | 85.4 | 1.6 |
| New Mexico | 65.0 | 3.6 | 56.1 | 4.5 |
| New York | 79.7 | 1.2 | 76.8 | 1.6 |
| North Carolina | 76.6 | 2.2 | 73.5 | 2.6 |
| North Dakota | 82.4 | 5.6 | 77.2 | 5.9 |
| Ohio | 82.5 | 1.3 | 78.2 | 1.6 |
| Oklahoma | 75.3 | 2.7 | 71.6 | 3.0 |
| Oregon | 69.6 | 3.5 | 64.3 | 3.9 |
| Pennsylvania | 78.2 | 1.4 | 71.7 | 1.7 |
| Rhode Island | 75.5 | 6.6 | 63.7 | 8.0 |
| South Carolina | 82.4 | 2.0 | 76.6 | 2.3 |
| South Dakota | 81.7 | 4.1 | 83.5 | 4.5 |
| Tennessee | 78.1 | 1.7 | 73.1 | 1.9 |
| Texas | 77.6 | 1.2 | 69.4 | 1.7 |
| Utah | 78.0 | 4.1 | 73.1 | 4.3 |
| Vermont | 87.0 | 4.2 | 77.6 | 4.7 |
| Virginia | 81.4 | 2.1 | 70.5 | 2.3 |
| Washington | 66.6 | 3.1 | 59.6 | 3.4 |
| West Virginia | 73.2 | 3.3 | 71.6 | 3.4 |
| Wisconsin | 81.9 | 1.8 | 79.1 | 2.1 |
| Wyoming | 71.9 | 6.6 | 71.0 | 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 8_2_5-3: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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