Table 8_2_6-3
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 | 75.4 | 0.3 | 42.7 | 0.4 |
| Alabama | 71.1 | 2.5 | 50.5 | 2.9 |
| Alaska | 72.3 | 6.7 | 58.7 | 9.7 |
| Arizona | 73.1 | 2.2 | 57.1 | 3.1 |
| Arkansas | 79.4 | 1.9 | 38.5 | 3.3 |
| California | 67.8 | 1.5 | 22.4 | 1.4 |
| Colorado | 75.3 | 2.5 | 50.6 | 4.2 |
| Connecticut | 82.8 | 2.8 | 54.1 | 3.7 |
| Delaware | 78.0 | 5.5 | 42.8 | 4.5 |
| District of Columbia | 40.1 | 6.4 | * | * |
| Florida | 77.6 | 1.4 | 38.3 | 1.6 |
| Georgia | 69.9 | 1.8 | 34.0 | 2.4 |
| Hawaii | 59.9 | 6.9 | 38.1 | 6.6 |
| Idaho | 80.2 | 4.1 | 55.5 | 4.9 |
| Illinois | 71.3 | 1.6 | 38.5 | 2.2 |
| Indiana | 81.9 | 1.5 | 52.7 | 2.7 |
| Iowa | 83.9 | 1.7 | 58.9 | 3.1 |
| Kansas | 61.3 | 2.9 | 43.8 | 3.5 |
| Kentucky | 78.8 | 1.7 | 44.8 | 2.7 |
| Louisiana | 65.9 | 2.7 | 40.1 | 2.8 |
| Maine | 85.4 | 2.7 | 31.1 | 5.3 |
| Maryland | 75.9 | 2.7 | 49.3 | 3.6 |
| Massachusetts | 80.1 | 1.9 | 30.4 | 3.2 |
| Michigan | 78.3 | 1.7 | 50.5 | 2.4 |
| Minnesota | 77.8 | 2.0 | 47.6 | 3.3 |
| Mississippi | 65.1 | 3.3 | 32.1 | 3.3 |
| Missouri | 78.8 | 1.6 | 44.9 | 2.5 |
| Montana | 80.1 | 3.7 | 53.4 | 6.6 |
| Nebraska | 74.7 | 2.6 | 56.3 | 4.0 |
| Nevada | 61.3 | 4.8 | 32.2 | 5.5 |
| New Hampshire | 89.4 | 1.6 | 36.3 | 4.9 |
| New Jersey | 88.4 | 1.1 | 66.0 | 2.1 |
| New Mexico | 65.9 | 3.1 | 33.7 | 4.6 |
| New York | 78.3 | 1.2 | 50.0 | 1.9 |
| North Carolina | 78.0 | 1.9 | 44.8 | 2.8 |
| North Dakota | 79.6 | 4.0 | 45.2 | 6.8 |
| Ohio | 81.6 | 1.2 | 45.9 | 2.2 |
| Oklahoma | 72.8 | 2.7 | 58.9 | 2.9 |
| Oregon | 72.7 | 2.7 | 43.1 | 3.9 |
| Pennsylvania | 80.0 | 1.2 | 32.7 | 2.0 |
| Rhode Island | 69.2 | 8.3 | 57.7 | 7.5 |
| South Carolina | 81.7 | 2.0 | 49.4 | 3.0 |
| South Dakota | 78.5 | 3.6 | 57.5 | 6.3 |
| Tennessee | 77.6 | 1.7 | 49.2 | 2.4 |
| Texas | 76.8 | 1.2 | 37.8 | 1.6 |
| Utah | 74.7 | 3.9 | 36.7 | 4.4 |
| Vermont | 89.6 | 3.1 | 38.6 | 6.9 |
| Virginia | 79.1 | 2.0 | 45.2 | 2.9 |
| Washington | 73.0 | 2.1 | 31.1 | 3.3 |
| West Virginia | 74.7 | 2.6 | 58.2 | 2.8 |
| Wisconsin | 82.0 | 1.3 | 51.5 | 2.6 |
| Wyoming | 76.3 | 3.9 | 52.9 | 6.1 |
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_6-3: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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