Table 10_2_6-4

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_2_6.4
Selected infections due to medical care per 1,000 medical and surgical discharges^a (excluding immunocompromised and cancer patients, stays under 2 days, and admissions specifically for such infections), age 18 and over or obstetric admissions, by State, 2000 and 2005
State	2005		2000
State	Rate^b	SE	Rate^b	SE
Total	2.30	0.01	2.03	0.01
Arizona	2.80	0.07	2.35	0.08
Arkansas	2.05	0.10	DNC	DNC
California	2.55	0.03	2.14	0.04
Colorado	3.12	0.10	2.74	0.10
Connecticut	2.64	0.10	2.87	0.11
Florida	2.60	0.04	2.19	0.04
Georgia	1.96	0.06	1.68	0.06
Hawaii	1.97	0.20	2.37	0.20
Illinois	1.96	0.05	1.83	0.05
Iowa	1.22	0.11	1.54	0.11
Kansas	1.76	0.11	1.25	0.12
Kentucky	1.75	0.08	1.71	0.08
Maryland	2.72	0.07	3.03	0.08
Massachusetts	2.65	0.07	2.51	0.07
Minnesota	1.73	0.08	DNC	DNC
Missouri	2.16	0.07	2.13	0.07
Nebraska	1.69	0.15	DNC	DNC
Nevada	2.88	0.12	DNC	DNC
New Hampshire	2.73	0.18	DNC	DNC
New York	2.31	0.04	2.24	0.04
North Carolina	1.95	0.06	1.83	0.06
Oklahoma	1.45	0.09	DNC	DNC
Oregon	1.92	0.10	1.99	0.11
Rhode Island	2.85	0.18	DNC	DNC
South Carolina	1.85	0.08	1.83	0.09
Tennessee	2.18	0.06	2.19	0.07
Utah	1.99	0.14	2.15	0.15
Vermont	2.36	0.28	DNC	DNC
Washington	2.01	0.08	2.00	0.09
West Virginia	1.66	0.12	1.58	0.12
Wisconsin	1.77	0.08	2.12	0.09

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

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

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_2_6-4: 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_2_6-4.html