Table 9_3_3-2
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of providers | Percent | SE | |
| Total | 159,750 | 88.7 | 0.1 |
| Alabama | 1,752 | 90.8 | 0.7 |
| Alaska | 176 | 89.2 | 2.4 |
| Arizona | 2,841 | 88.8 | 0.6 |
| Arkansas | 1,739 | 88.0 | 0.8 |
| California | 12,405 | 87.4 | 0.3 |
| Colorado | 3,986 | 88.9 | 0.5 |
| Connecticut | 1,156 | 87.9 | 1.0 |
| Delaware | 761 | 89.1 | 1.1 |
| District of Columbia | * | * | * |
| Florida | 18,793 | 89.3 | 0.2 |
| Georgia | 3,933 | 90.5 | 0.5 |
| Hawaii | 309 | 87.7 | 1.9 |
| Idaho | 651 | 89.7 | 1.2 |
| Illinois | 6,868 | 87.5 | 0.4 |
| Indiana | 3,309 | 88.5 | 0.6 |
| Iowa | 3,480 | 89.1 | 0.5 |
| Kansas | 1,121 | 88.9 | 0.9 |
| Kentucky | 4,095 | 89.2 | 0.5 |
| Louisiana | 853 | 90.0 | 1.0 |
| Maine | 639 | 88.6 | 1.3 |
| Maryland | 3,343 | 88.3 | 0.6 |
| Massachusetts | 2,945 | 88.4 | 0.6 |
| Michigan | 6,903 | 88.9 | 0.4 |
| Minnesota | 2,632 | 88.0 | 0.6 |
| Mississippi | 277 | 89.2 | 1.9 |
| Missouri | 2,662 | 88.8 | 0.6 |
| Montana | 524 | 86.8 | 1.5 |
| Nebraska | 1,028 | 88.5 | 1.0 |
| Nevada | 1,652 | 89.2 | 0.8 |
| New Hampshire | 281 | 89.3 | 1.9 |
| New Jersey | 2,806 | 88.9 | 0.6 |
| New Mexico | 880 | 87.5 | 1.1 |
| New York | 7,620 | 87.4 | 0.4 |
| North Carolina | 5,676 | 89.4 | 0.4 |
| North Dakota | 685 | 89.2 | 1.2 |
| Ohio | 10,994 | 89.0 | 0.3 |
| Oklahoma | 875 | 90.5 | 1.0 |
| Oregon | 2,323 | 88.9 | 0.7 |
| Pennsylvania | 6,628 | 89.5 | 0.4 |
| Puerto Rico | 112 | 48.2 | 4.7 |
| Rhode Island | 768 | 89.8 | 1.1 |
| South Carolina | 1,486 | 88.2 | 0.8 |
| South Dakota | 564 | 88.7 | 1.3 |
| Tennessee | 3,433 | 88.9 | 0.5 |
| Texas | 9,584 | 89.0 | 0.3 |
| Utah | 1,021 | 89.4 | 1.0 |
| Vermont | 547 | 87.8 | 1.4 |
| Virginia | 3,290 | 87.5 | 0.6 |
| Washington | 3,236 | 87.0 | 0.6 |
| West Virginia | 1,523 | 88.7 | 0.8 |
| Wisconsin | 4,533 | 88.7 | 0.5 |
| Wyoming | * | * | * |
* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
Key: SE: standard error.
Source: National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, Family Evaluation of Hospice Care Survey.
Current as of September 2009
Internet Citation: Table 9_3_3-2: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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