Table 3_1_4-3

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 3_1_4.3
Adult hemodialysis patients with hematocrit 33 or greater,^a by State, 2000 and 2006
State	2006		2000
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
United States^b	92.2	0.1	77.8	--
Alabama	91.9	0.4	75.8	0.6
Alaska	93.3	1.7	85.0	3.0
Arizona	93.7	0.4	81.2	0.7
Arkansas	85.7	0.7	69.6	1.0
California	91.9	0.2	78.1	0.3
Colorado	94.0	0.5	88.7	0.8
Connecticut	92.5	0.5	77.6	0.9
Delaware	94.5	0.7	86.0	1.4
District of Columbia	91.6	0.8	74.2	1.3
Florida	92.6	0.2	78.4	0.4
Georgia	91.9	0.3	68.1	0.5
Hawaii	94.0	0.6	85.0	1.1
Idaho	89.0	1.3	74.4	2.2
Illinois	91.5	0.3	78.7	0.4
Indiana	92.1	0.4	82.8	0.6
Iowa	93.2	0.6	77.8	1.1
Kansas	89.5	0.7	82.9	1.0
Kentucky	92.0	0.5	79.6	0.8
Louisiana	92.1	0.4	79.1	0.6
Maine	92.3	1.0	80.5	1.5
Maryland	91.9	0.4	76.2	0.6
Massachusetts	92.2	0.5	81.9	0.7
Michigan	92.4	0.3	72.9	0.5
Minnesota	93.8	0.5	81.0	0.8
Mississippi	90.5	0.4	81.1	0.7
Missouri	90.7	0.4	75.0	0.7
Montana	87.5	1.5	81.1	1.9
Nebraska	92.9	0.8	76.5	1.4
Nevada	92.2	0.8	80.0	1.4
New Hampshire	94.8	0.9	85.8	1.6
New Jersey	93.0	0.3	79.0	0.5
New Mexico	94.2	0.6	83.6	1.0
New York	91.2	0.2	73.1	0.4
North Carolina	93.2	0.3	79.0	0.5
North Dakota	89.0	1.5	70.5	2.5
Ohio	92.3	0.3	77.9	0.5
Oklahoma	93.3	0.5	75.8	0.9
Oregon	91.5	0.7	85.1	1.0
Pennsylvania	92.3	0.3	74.3	0.5
Puerto Rico	91.3	0.5	77.4	0.8
Rhode Island	95.0	0.9	79.4	1.5
South Carolina	92.4	0.3	72.6	0.7
South Dakota	93.4	1.1	83.6	1.6
Tennessee	91.8	0.4	70.1	0.7
Texas	92.6	0.2	83.1	0.3
Utah	92.1	0.9	76.3	1.7
Vermont	82.8	2.4	72.2	3.0
Virginia	92.4	0.3	81.9	0.5
Washington	93.2	0.4	86.4	0.7
West Virginia	88.0	0.9	80.1	1.2
Wisconsin	92.1	0.4	80.3	0.8
Wyoming	95.0	1.6	82.7	3.0

^a Estimates are age adjusted. Methodology for calculating the anemia management measure has been changed since 2004 data. Prior to 2004, the percentage included all patients. Since 2004, the percentage estimate includes only the erythropoietin-treated patients.

^b Standard error is unavailable for 2000 data.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Data from the unit-specific report for dialysis patients, University of Michigan Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 3_1_4-3: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/3_endstagerenaldisease/T3_1_4-3.html