Table 8_2_5-2

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_5.2
Hospital patients age 50 and over with pneumonia discharged during October-February who were screened for influenza vaccine status and were vaccinated prior to discharge, by State, 2005 and 2006
State	2006		2005
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
United States^a	68.1	1.5	56.9	1.6
Alabama	64.5	0.6	54.9	0.7
Alaska	63.9	2.7	50.9	3.0
Arizona	61.0	0.7	48.7	0.7
Arkansas	68.1	0.7	53.2	0.8
California	58.4	0.3	39.9	0.3
Colorado	65.5	0.9	57.4	0.9
Connecticut	76.8	0.8	67.1	0.9
Delaware	72.2	1.7	58.1	1.9
District of Columbia	26.8	2.0	19.7	1.8
Florida	66.8	0.3	50.0	0.4
Georgia	63.5	0.5	48.8	0.6
Hawaii	59.8	1.5	51.2	1.5
Idaho	69.6	1.5	59.4	1.6
Illinois	61.4	0.4	48.0	0.4
Indiana	73.2	0.5	62.5	0.6
Iowa	79.6	0.6	73.7	0.7
Kansas	63.7	0.9	59.4	0.9
Kentucky	73.5	0.5	61.4	0.6
Louisiana	62.1	0.7	50.5	0.7
Maine	78.3	1.0	69.9	1.1
Maryland	65.4	0.7	50.5	0.7
Massachusetts	71.4	0.5	53.2	0.6
Michigan	71.5	0.4	60.8	0.5
Minnesota	71.0	0.7	65.1	0.7
Mississippi	64.0	0.8	51.4	0.9
Missouri	71.2	0.5	57.9	0.6
Montana	76.1	1.3	71.2	1.4
Nebraska	76.0	0.9	67.6	1.0
Nevada	48.3	1.3	31.7	1.2
New Hampshire	84.5	1.0	68.2	1.3
New Jersey	81.9	0.4	73.7	0.5
New Mexico	58.2	1.1	44.2	1.1
New York	68.3	0.4	57.5	0.4
North Carolina	74.3	0.4	60.4	0.5
North Dakota	75.2	1.4	74.0	1.5
Ohio	73.7	0.4	57.9	0.4
Oklahoma	78.7	0.5	68.0	0.7
Oregon	64.6	0.9	53.0	1.0
Pennsylvania	69.0	0.4	55.1	0.4
Puerto Rico	25.7	1.1	24.0	1.0
Rhode Island	65.0	1.4	49.5	1.5
South Carolina	75.8	0.6	60.7	0.7
South Dakota	78.0	1.2	77.0	1.3
Tennessee	70.9	0.5	57.7	0.5
Texas	69.5	0.3	53.0	0.3
Utah	76.1	1.0	69.3	1.1
Vermont	74.9	1.7	58.6	1.9
Virginia	73.3	0.5	56.5	0.6
Washington	59.5	0.7	46.4	0.7
West Virginia	72.3	0.7	64.1	0.8
Wisconsin	76.5	0.6	70.6	0.6
Wyoming	74.3	1.7	67.9	1.9

^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_5-2: 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_5-2.html