Table 10_1_7-2

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.

Table 10_1_7.2
Adult surgery patients who had prophylactic antibiotics discontinued within 24 hours after surgery end time, by State, 2005 and 2006
State	2006		2005
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
United States^a	77.1	0.9	69.1	1.3
Alabama	74.5	0.3	66.6	0.4
Alaska	79.4	1.0	72.9	3.0
Arizona	71.3	0.4	52.2	0.8
Arkansas	76.9	0.4	70.1	0.5
California	68.5	0.2	57.8	0.3
Colorado	74.5	0.4	71.6	0.9
Connecticut	80.7	0.5	89.6	1.0
Delaware	81.7	0.7	77.5	0.7
District of Columbia	70.5	0.9	54.8	2.1
Florida	74.5	0.2	63.9	0.2
Georgia	70.8	0.3	60.8	0.5
Hawaii	71.1	0.8	55.1	1.6
Idaho	74.3	0.6	62.7	1.0
Illinois	75.0	0.2	67.8	0.3
Indiana	74.8	0.3	61.1	0.4
Iowa	79.1	0.4	75.8	0.6
Kansas	71.9	0.4	60.5	0.6
Kentucky	75.4	0.3	75.2	0.5
Louisiana	64.7	0.4	58.0	0.8
Maine	89.3	0.4	80.5	0.6
Maryland	76.9	0.3	66.5	0.4
Massachusetts	80.5	0.2	79.4	0.4
Michigan	84.7	0.2	78.2	0.3
Minnesota	82.2	0.3	69.1	0.7
Mississippi	72.4	0.4	60.6	0.5
Missouri	78.3	0.3	68.9	0.4
Montana	86.2	0.5	81.4	0.6
Nebraska	84.5	0.4	75.3	0.7
Nevada	59.3	0.6	38.3	1.1
New Hampshire	86.4	0.5	74.4	0.9
New Jersey	86.1	0.2	78.9	0.3
New Mexico	78.0	0.6	72.1	0.7
New York	76.5	0.2	63.6	0.3
North Carolina	81.3	0.2	74.6	0.3
North Dakota	74.2	0.8	67.1	1.0
Ohio	74.9	0.2	55.6	0.5
Oklahoma	80.2	0.3	82.1	0.4
Oregon	74.3	0.4	72.3	0.7
Pennsylvania	75.4	0.2	68.9	0.4
Puerto Rico	64.6	0.6	55.3	0.8
Rhode Island	78.2	0.8	77.5	1.6
South Carolina	80.6	0.3	76.3	0.4
South Dakota	90.5	0.4	84.2	0.6
Tennessee	76.2	0.3	71.6	0.4
Texas	68.8	0.2	65.4	0.3
Utah	71.0	0.5	62.4	0.8
Vermont	87.9	0.7	75.8	0.9
Virginia	80.4	0.2	72.7	0.5
Washington	77.9	0.3	71.9	0.8
West Virginia	81.2	0.4	76.1	0.4
Wisconsin	80.3	0.2	66.2	0.4
Wyoming	79.6	0.8	77.6	1.9

^a The estimate for the Total row is based on State-level estimates whereas the estimates for the demographic categories are based on patient/episode-level data.

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 10_1_7-2: 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_7-2.html