Table 8_2_4-2

2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

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Table 8_2_4.2
Hospital patients with pneumonia who received the initial antibiotic consistent with current recommendations, by State, 2005-2008
	2008		2007		2006		2005
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	89.0	0.1	88.7	0.1	85.2	0.1	79.9	0.1
Alabama	86.2	0.4	86.9	0.4	83.0	0.4	78.9	0.4
Alaska	86.6	1.3	85.3	1.5	82.8	1.5	73.6	1.6
Arizona	89.0	0.4	89.3	0.4	87.3	0.4	85.2	0.4
Arkansas	87.4	0.4	86.6	0.4	83.6	0.5	78.3	0.4
California	89.8	0.2	89.4	0.2	84.0	0.2	78.5	0.2
Colorado	88.5	0.5	89.8	0.5	86.9	0.5	82.7	0.5
Connecticut	92.5	0.5	91.7	0.5	88.9	0.5	78.1	0.6
Delaware	92.8	0.9	91.8	0.9	87.6	1.0	85.7	0.9
District of Columbia	87.1	1.4	88.4	1.3	84.5	1.2	80.5	1.2
Florida	90.1	0.2	88.9	0.2	85.9	0.2	79.8	0.2
Georgia	88.4	0.3	87.4	0.3	84.1	0.3	78.3	0.3
Hawaii	86.3	0.9	86.1	0.9	80.1	0.9	76.8	0.9
Idaho	92.7	0.7	90.4	0.8	88.4	0.8	83.2	0.9
Illinois	87.8	0.3	88.4	0.3	85.2	0.3	78.1	0.2
Indiana	87.4	0.3	88.1	0.3	85.3	0.3	81.3	0.3
Iowa	89.7	0.4	90.1	0.4	88.3	0.5	83.0	0.5
Kansas	85.7	0.6	87.0	0.5	81.8	0.6	75.7	0.5
Kentucky	86.6	0.4	86.8	0.3	83.7	0.3	78.1	0.3
Louisiana	85.0	0.5	82.9	0.5	79.9	0.5	74.6	0.4
Maine	92.5	0.6	92.4	0.6	89.2	0.6	84.1	0.7
Maryland	90.8	0.4	89.7	0.4	87.1	0.4	82.5	0.4
Massachusetts	91.6	0.3	91.3	0.3	88.3	0.3	81.1	0.3
Michigan	91.9	0.2	92.3	0.2	89.6	0.2	85.4	0.2
Minnesota	89.3	0.4	89.2	0.4	85.2	0.4	80.9	0.4
Mississippi	86.1	0.5	84.1	0.5	80.0	0.5	76.4	0.5
Missouri	88.1	0.3	87.5	0.3	83.1	0.3	78.6	0.3
Montana	90.6	0.7	88.5	0.8	85.5	0.8	83.4	0.8
Nebraska	91.5	0.5	91.7	0.5	90.8	0.5	85.7	0.6
Nevada	89.4	0.7	88.6	0.8	85.7	0.7	82.4	0.7
New Hampshire	93.6	0.6	92.4	0.7	91.3	0.6	85.9	0.7
New Jersey	91.9	0.3	91.8	0.3	88.8	0.3	82.5	0.3
New Mexico	85.4	0.7	84.3	0.7	83.9	0.7	79.4	0.6
New York	89.2	0.2	89.9	0.2	87.4	0.2	79.8	0.2
North Carolina	89.4	0.3	89.5	0.3	86.3	0.3	80.1	0.3
North Dakota	86.8	1.0	86.3	1.0	83.3	1.1	80.2	1.0
Ohio	90.6	0.2	89.6	0.2	86.5	0.2	81.0	0.2
Oklahoma	87.9	0.4	88.5	0.4	84.8	0.4	81.0	0.4
Oregon	90.2	0.4	89.9	0.4	86.0	0.5	83.1	0.5
Pennsylvania	90.3	0.2	89.5	0.2	85.3	0.2	79.9	0.2
Puerto Rico	72.7	0.8	71.9	0.8	65.8	0.7	64.4	0.7
Rhode Island	90.4	0.9	93.7	0.7	89.6	0.8	86.4	0.7
South Carolina	89.3	0.4	88.8	0.4	85.3	0.4	79.9	0.4
South Dakota	89.7	0.9	90.0	0.8	85.4	0.9	80.7	0.8
Tennessee	87.8	0.3	86.9	0.3	84.1	0.3	79.2	0.3
Texas	87.9	0.2	87.0	0.2	82.3	0.2	77.2	0.2
Utah	90.6	0.6	90.0	0.6	86.6	0.6	83.5	0.6
Vermont	94.3	0.8	93.2	0.9	89.8	1.0	84.0	1.0
Virginia	90.3	0.3	89.8	0.3	86.0	0.3	81.5	0.3
Washington	89.2	0.4	88.4	0.4	84.3	0.4	77.6	0.5
West Virginia	86.7	0.5	87.4	0.5	85.1	0.5	79.1	0.5
Wisconsin	91.8	0.3	90.9	0.3	88.8	0.4	85.1	0.3
Wyoming	87.8	1.1	89.2	1.0	83.5	1.1	80.0	1.0

^a Patients with health care-associated pneumonia were excluded from the denominator.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 8_2_4-2: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/8_respiratorydiseases/T8_2_4-2.html