Table 10_1_15-4

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.

Table 10_1_15.4
Reclosure of postoperative abdominal wound separation per 1,000 abdominopelvic-surgery discharges (excluding immunocompromised patients, stays under 2 days, and obstetric conditions),^a age 18 and over, by State, 2000 and 2005
State	2005		2000
State	Rate^b	SE	Rate^b	SE
Total	2.75	0.04	2.62	0.04
Arizona	2.19	0.27	2.07	0.30
Arkansas	2.86	0.38	DNC	DNC
California	2.06	0.13	2.20	0.13
Colorado	3.10	0.32	3.13	0.33
Connecticut	2.74	0.33	4.14	0.33
Florida	2.26	0.14	2.49	0.14
Georgia	1.93	0.23	2.99	0.24
Hawaii	3.53	0.67	4.21	0.67
Illinois	2.88	0.19	2.61	0.19
Iowa	2.73	0.37	3.10	0.37
Kansas	3.24	0.39	3.60	0.38
Kentucky	2.60	0.29	2.66	0.30
Maryland	2.95	0.27	2.97	0.28
Massachusetts	2.70	0.24	3.39	0.24
Minnesota	2.12	0.29	DNC	DNC
Missouri	2.35	0.24	2.72	0.25
Nebraska	3.38	0.49	DNC	DNC
Nevada	4.82	0.43	DNC	DNC
New Hampshire	2.45	0.57	DNC	DNC
New York	2.97	0.16	2.95	0.15
North Carolina	2.56	0.22	2.57	0.23
Oklahoma	2.71	0.33	DNC	DNC
Oregon	3.07	0.33	2.15	0.34
Rhode Island	3.82	0.59	DNC	DNC
South Carolina	2.45	0.31	2.70	0.32
Tennessee	2.68	0.25	3.07	0.26
Utah	2.60	0.49	2.34	0.49
Vermont	*	*	DNC	DNC
Washington	2.62	0.27	2.12	0.28
West Virginia	2.81	0.46	2.53	0.44
Wisconsin	2.59	0.26	2.61	0.27

^a Also excludes admissions specifically for such wound dehiscence, such as cases from earlier admissions or from other hospitals.

^b Rates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, comorbidities, and diagnosis-related group (DRG) clusters.

* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

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, version 3.1. State estimates are from the State Inpatient Databases (SID), and not all States participate in HCUP. Estimates for the total U.S. are from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, which is drawn from the SID and weighted to give national estimates.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 10_1_15-4: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/10_patientsafety/T10_1_15-4.html