T12_3_5_1_3

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_3_5.1_3
Admissions with iatrogenic pneumothorax per 1,000 medical and surgical admissions,^a age 18 and over,^b by State, 2000, 2004, 2007, and 2008
	2008		2007		2004		2000
State	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total	1.32	0.01	1.28	0.01	1.33	0.01	1.11	0.01
Arizona	1.64	0.05	1.31	0.05	1.36	0.05	1.21	0.05
Arkansas	1.43	0.06	1.36	0.06	1.80	0.07	DNC	DNC
California	1.31	0.02	1.38	0.02	1.40	0.02	1.26	0.02
Colorado	2.20	0.07	2.16	0.07	2.12	0.07	1.58	0.06
Connecticut	1.06	0.06	1.09	0.06	1.26	0.06	1.34	0.06
Florida	1.29	0.03	1.26	0.03	1.32	0.03	1.04	0.02
Georgia	1.32	0.04	1.38	0.04	1.39	0.04	1.21	0.04
Hawaii	1.61	0.13	1.84	0.13	1.38	0.13	1.56	0.12
Illinois	1.15	0.03	0.91	0.03	1.06	0.03	0.98	0.03
Indiana	1.17	0.05	1.20	0.05	1.16	0.05	DNC	DNC
Iowa	1.06	0.07	1.09	0.07	1.12	0.07	1.08	0.06
Kansas	1.05	0.07	1.40	0.07	1.36	0.07	0.81	0.07
Kentucky	1.38	0.05	1.15	0.05	1.16	0.05	0.99	0.05
Louisiana	1.08	0.05	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Maine	1.44	0.10	1.41	0.10	DNC	DNC	0.98	0.09
Maryland	1.43	0.05	1.32	0.05	1.55	0.05	1.29	0.05
Massachusetts	1.41	0.05	1.60	0.05	1.66	0.05	1.35	0.04
Minnesota	1.09	0.05	0.98	0.05	0.96	0.05	DNC	DNC
Missouri	1.42	0.05	1.36	0.05	1.43	0.05	1.32	0.04
Nebraska	1.41	0.09	1.33	0.09	1.65	0.10	DNC	DNC
Nevada	1.11	0.08	1.33	0.08	1.22	0.09	DNC	DNC
New Hampshire	1.57	0.12	1.50	0.12	1.14	0.12	DNC	DNC
New Jersey	1.05	0.04	1.10	0.04	1.02	0.04	1.12	0.04
New York	1.19	0.03	1.28	0.03	1.30	0.03	1.09	0.03
North Carolina	1.26	0.04	1.28	0.04	1.27	0.04	1.11	0.04
Ohio	1.33	0.03	1.17	0.03	1.50	0.03	DNC	DNC
Oklahoma	1.36	0.06	1.25	0.06	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Oregon	1.58	0.07	1.51	0.07	1.54	0.07	1.46	0.07
Rhode Island	1.08	0.12	1.15	0.12	1.69	0.12	DNC	DNC
South Carolina	1.09	0.06	1.04	0.06	1.06	0.06	0.94	0.05
South Dakota	1.01	0.13	0.84	0.13	0.85	0.13	DNC	DNC
Tennessee	1.36	0.04	1.18	0.04	1.40	0.05	1.18	0.04
Utah	1.52	0.10	1.21	0.10	1.39	0.10	1.10	0.09
Vermont	1.39	0.19	1.47	0.18	1.32	0.19	DNC	DNC
Virginia	1.25	0.05	1.06	0.05	1.30	0.05	1.14	0.04
Washington	1.56	0.06	1.36	0.05	1.57	0.06	1.12	0.05
West Virginia	1.28	0.08	1.19	0.08	1.11	0.07	1.19	0.07
Wisconsin	1.35	0.05	1.49	0.05	1.52	0.05	1.12	0.05
Wyoming	0.99	0.19	0.90	0.19	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC

^a. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Safety Indicators (PSI) software requires that the iatrogenic pneumothorax be reported as a secondary diagnosis (rather than the principal diagnosis), but unlike the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Safety Indicators (PSI) software, the secondary diagnosis could be present on admission.� Consistent with the AHRQ PSI software, the following cases are excluded: obstetric admissions and admissions with chest trauma, pleural effusion, thoracic surgery, lung/pleural biopsy, diaphragmatic surgery repair, and cardiac surgery.

^b. Rates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, comorbidities, major diagnostic category (MDC), and diagnosis-related group (DRG).� The AHRQ PSI software was modified to not use the present on admission (POA) indicators (or estimates of the likelihood of POA for secondary diagnosis).

DNC - Data were not collected.

Key: SE: Standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) databases and AHRQ Quality Indicators, modified version 4.1.� State estimates are from the State Inpatient Databases (SID), and not all States participate in HCUP.� Estimates for the total United States are from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, which is drawn from the SID and weighted to give national estimates.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: T12_3_5_1_3: 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_3_5_1_3.html