Table 3_1_5-1

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_5.1
Ratio of observed deaths to expected deaths among Medicare hemodialysis patients, by State, 2000 and 2006
State	2006		2000
State	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
United States^a	0.96	--	0.99	--
Alabama	1.04	0.03	0.95	0.03
Alaska	1.04	0.14	1.48	0.22
Arizona	1.00	0.03	0.91	0.03
Arkansas	1.08	0.04	1.20	0.05
California	0.96	0.01	0.94	0.01
Colorado	0.85	0.04	0.88	0.05
Connecticut	0.83	0.03	0.89	0.04
Delaware	0.91	0.06	0.93	0.08
District of Columbia	0.83	0.05	0.89	0.06
Florida	1.09	0.02	1.06	0.02
Georgia	1.00	0.02	1.05	0.02
Hawaii	0.91	0.05	0.92	0.06
Idaho	1.01	0.08	1.22	0.10
Illinois	0.92	0.02	1.00	0.02
Indiana	0.90	0.02	0.97	0.03
Iowa	0.84	0.04	0.88	0.04
Kansas	0.96	0.04	1.03	0.05
Kentucky	0.89	0.03	1.07	0.04
Louisiana	1.15	0.03	1.07	0.03
Maine	0.84	0.06	0.85	0.07
Maryland	0.96	0.02	1.13	0.03
Massachusetts	0.92	0.03	1.01	0.03
Michigan	0.89	0.02	1.01	0.02
Minnesota	0.79	0.03	0.85	0.04
Mississippi	0.92	0.03	0.96	0.04
Missouri	0.93	0.03	1.00	0.03
Montana	0.70	0.07	0.79	0.08
Nebraska	0.82	0.05	1.11	0.07
Nevada	1.07	0.05	1.21	0.07
New Hampshire	0.99	0.07	1.00	0.09
New Jersey	0.96	0.02	1.06	0.02
New Mexico	0.84	0.05	0.65	0.04
New York	0.92	0.01	0.96	0.02
North Carolina	0.95	0.02	0.98	0.02
North Dakota	1.04	0.08	1.10	0.10
Ohio	0.92	0.02	1.03	0.02
Oklahoma	1.01	0.04	1.08	0.05
Oregon	0.98	0.04	0.96	0.05
Pennsylvania	0.95	0.02	1.00	0.02
Puerto Rico	1.20	0.04	1.09	0.05
Rhode Island	1.08	0.07	1.00	0.07
South Carolina	0.97	0.03	1.09	0.03
South Dakota	0.81	0.07	0.92	0.08
Tennessee	0.95	0.03	0.98	0.03
Texas	0.95	0.01	0.86	0.01
Utah	0.97	0.07	0.95	0.08
Vermont	0.69	0.10	0.81	0.12
Virginia	1.03	0.02	1.01	0.03
Washington	0.88	0.03	1.01	0.04
West Virginia	1.07	0.05	0.99	0.05
Wisconsin	0.87	0.03	1.06	0.04
Wyoming	0.79	0.12	0.72	0.13

^a Standard error is unavailable.

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_5-1: 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_5-1.html