T12_1_2_2

2011 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.

Table 12_1_2.2
Surgery patients who received recommended care practices,^a by State, 2009
State	Number	Percent	SE
Total^b	1,570,894	86.2	0.0
Alabama	25,264	84.2	0.2
Alaska	3,376	81.4	0.7
Arizona	29,795	83.2	0.2
Arkansas	17,788	84.2	0.3
California	129,699	84.6	0.1
Colorado	21,716	85.1	0.2
Connecticut	14,765	87.4	0.3
Delaware	4,281	90.3	0.5
District of Columbia	3,256	84.4	0.6
Florida	95,239	87.9	0.1
Georgia	37,576	84.4	0.2
Hawaii	5,979	80.1	0.5
Idaho	7,090	84.3	0.4
Illinois	62,616	85.7	0.1
Indiana	40,075	85.6	0.2
Iowa	16,232	87.5	0.3
Kansas	19,919	83.7	0.3
Kentucky	31,760	86.3	0.2
Louisiana	28,082	80.3	0.2
Maine	8,568	91.8	0.3
Maryland	29,492	85.5	0.2
Massachusetts	35,951	89.4	0.2
Michigan	60,474	87.5	0.1
Minnesota	26,060	87.0	0.2
Mississippi	18,172	83.6	0.3
Missouri	35,392	87.0	0.2
Montana	6,939	88.9	0.4
Nebraska	14,213	86.1	0.3
Nevada	10,682	85.5	0.3
New Hampshire	6,726	91.4	0.3
New Jersey	36,958	88.9	0.2
New Mexico	8,246	83.7	0.4
New York	73,727	85.9	0.1
North Carolina	51,438	88.8	0.1
North Dakota	4,587	85.5	0.5
Ohio	67,911	86.8	0.1
Oklahoma	25,399	85.8	0.2
Oregon	17,373	82.4	0.3
Pennsylvania	115,905	88.6	0.1
Puerto Rico	9,317	44.2	0.5
Rhode Island	5,402	88.5	0.4
South Carolina	24,522	87.8	0.2
South Dakota	6,476	88.5	0.4
Tennessee	38,099	85.2	0.2
Texas	112,779	84.4	0.1
Utah	11,038	85.9	0.3
Vermont	2,796	90.1	0.6
Virginia	36,169	87.8	0.2
Washington	27,890	85.8	0.2
West Virginia	16,132	85.4	0.3
Wisconsin	37,607	86.6	0.2
Wyoming	3,263	79.3	0.7

^a. The composite of eight recommended care components for surgery patients includes: (1) providing antibiotic within 1 hour of surgery (SCIP-1), (2) providing appropriate antibiotic to help prevent infection (SCIP-2), (3) discontinuing antibiotic on time (SCIP-3), (4) keeping blood sugar level under good control right after surgery for cardiac surgery patients (SCIP-4), (5) removing hair from the surgical area using a safer method (SCIP-6), (6) ordering thromboembolism prophylaxis for prevention of blood clots after certain surgeries (SCIP-VTE1), (7) providing appropriate venous thromboembolism prophylaxis within 24 hours prior to and after surgery (SCIP-VTE2), and (8) placing surgery patients on beta blocker therapy prior to arrival and during postoperative period (SCIP-Card2).

^b. Does not include data from the U.S. territories (Guam, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands).

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: T12_1_2_2: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/12_patientsafety/T12_1_2_2.html