Table 8_2_3-2

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 8_2_3.2
Hospital patients with pneumonia who received the initial antibiotic dose within 4 hours of hospital arrival, by State, 2005 and 2006
State	2006		2005
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
United States^a	79.7	1.0	76.4	1.1
Alabama	79.4	0.4	75.5	0.4
Alaska	74.1	1.7	77.0	1.6
Arizona	74.4	0.4	70.9	0.4
Arkansas	81.8	0.4	79.1	0.4
California	76.6	0.2	72.9	0.2
Colorado	82.7	0.5	79.7	0.5
Connecticut	81.4	0.5	78.5	0.5
Delaware	72.9	1.2	73.7	1.1
District of Columbia	55.2	1.3	52.0	1.3
Florida	74.0	0.2	69.2	0.2
Georgia	75.9	0.3	71.7	0.3
Hawaii	78.1	0.9	76.4	0.8
Idaho	84.3	0.8	81.3	0.8
Illinois	80.9	0.2	78.1	0.2
Indiana	83.6	0.3	80.8	0.3
Iowa	87.5	0.4	85.0	0.4
Kansas	82.7	0.5	80.8	0.5
Kentucky	80.5	0.3	77.4	0.3
Louisiana	76.5	0.4	74.0	0.4
Maine	85.1	0.6	82.7	0.6
Maryland	75.1	0.4	68.5	0.4
Massachusetts	78.6	0.3	76.4	0.3
Michigan	82.5	0.3	77.9	0.3
Minnesota	82.9	0.4	80.2	0.4
Mississippi	78.8	0.5	73.8	0.5
Missouri	81.2	0.3	78.1	0.3
Montana	87.4	0.7	83.9	0.8
Nebraska	89.7	0.5	87.6	0.5
Nevada	70.8	0.8	67.3	0.8
New Hampshire	84.2	0.7	78.6	0.8
New Jersey	84.1	0.3	81.0	0.3
New Mexico	74.2	0.7	70.9	0.7
New York	76.6	0.2	70.5	0.2
North Carolina	79.0	0.3	76.4	0.3
North Dakota	87.6	0.8	85.6	0.8
Ohio	82.1	0.2	77.5	0.2
Oklahoma	83.8	0.3	81.3	0.4
Oregon	81.4	0.5	78.9	0.5
Pennsylvania	79.5	0.2	73.7	0.2
Puerto Rico	46.0	0.8	43.6	0.7
Rhode Island	84.7	0.7	80.5	0.8
South Carolina	80.9	0.4	75.7	0.4
South Dakota	88.7	0.7	87.9	0.7
Tennessee	81.1	0.3	77.2	0.3
Texas	78.0	0.2	71.9	0.2
Utah	83.9	0.6	80.2	0.6
Vermont	85.3	1.0	82.6	1.0
Virginia	77.3	0.3	73.7	0.3
Washington	79.1	0.4	76.3	0.4
West Virginia	79.1	0.5	73.6	0.5
Wisconsin	87.9	0.3	84.4	0.3
Wyoming	86.1	0.9	79.9	1.1

^a The estimate is based on State-level estimates.

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 8_2_3-2: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/8_respiratorydiseases/T8_2_3-2.html