Table 10_1_7-3

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_7.3
Surgery patients whose preventive antibiotics are stopped within 24 hours after surgery, by State, 2005 and 2007^a
State	2007		2005
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	77.6	0.3	65.0	0.6
Alabama	76.5	2.0	66.8	3.3
Alaska	80.5	3.8	*	*
Arizona	74.6	1.9	60.9	8.8
Arkansas	76.5	3.1	69.3	4.6
California	72.4	1.0	52.9	2.4
Colorado	75.2	2.5	71.3	5.3
Connecticut	81.1	2.4	*	*
Delaware	82.0	3.4	64.6	5.4
District of Columbia	75.3	2.4	*	*
Florida	75.7	1.3	60.5	2.3
Georgia	75.0	1.7	61.6	4.1
Hawaii	76.6	3.4	*	*
Idaho	72.1	4.9	67.0	9.1
Illinois	73.7	1.6	62.9	2.8
Indiana	76.5	1.8	57.0	3.5
Iowa	80.5	2.7	72.1	4.4
Kansas	76.3	2.4	68.9	4.6
Kentucky	72.4	2.4	61.6	7.6
Louisiana	69.1	2.0	49.0	6.6
Maine	90.6	1.4	76.1	5.0
Maryland	78.3	2.2	59.8	3.8
Massachusetts	83.9	1.6	71.3	3.7
Michigan	86.6	1.1	75.9	2.3
Minnesota	86.1	1.4	69.5	6.5
Mississippi	74.1	2.8	55.7	3.5
Missouri	77.5	2.1	67.5	4.6
Montana	87.5	2.6	78.1	6.0
Nebraska	88.4	2.0	74.0	5.3
Nevada	63.2	3.5	30.8	6.4
New Hampshire	88.8	1.7	72.4	5.9
New Jersey	84.3	1.6	68.8	2.8
New Mexico	81.3	2.4	73.2	6.2
New York	79.1	1.1	66.1	2.5
North Carolina	79.8	1.4	69.4	3.2
North Dakota	82.7	3.0	75.0	6.2
Ohio	79.3	1.1	56.8	4.0
Oklahoma	83.5	1.8	82.3	4.5
Oregon	75.4	2.7	73.5	7.4
Pennsylvania	75.6	1.4	61.8	3.4
Rhode Island	84.7	3.0	*	*
South Carolina	82.5	1.7	70.5	3.5
South Dakota	88.4	3.6	74.1	6.9
Tennessee	73.7	2.3	67.6	4.1
Texas	73.8	1.1	60.6	3.2
Utah	74.8	3.2	59.5	6.0
Vermont	85.2	4.7	69.5	6.3
Virginia	77.4	2.0	63.1	5.8
Washington	81.1	1.7	73.0	5.9
West Virginia	71.9	3.2	68.3	4.4
Wisconsin	84.8	1.6	66.7	4.1
Wyoming	84.6	3.2	66.3	9.0

^a Data were downloaded from http://www.medicare.gov/Download/DownloadDB.asp in late April each year. Estimates are calculated using hospital-level scores.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital Compare.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 10_1_7-3: 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_7-3.html