Table 8_2_6-2

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_6.2
Hospital patients age 65 and over with pneumonia who received pneumococcal screening or vaccination, by State, 2005 and 2006
State	2006		2005
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
United States^a	73.9	1.5	62.2	1.5
Alabama	71.3	0.5	63.2	0.5
Alaska	72.7	2.0	51.4	2.3
Arizona	70.2	0.5	58.8	0.6
Arkansas	75.5	0.5	59.7	0.6
California	64.9	0.2	44.9	0.2
Colorado	76.4	0.6	65.6	0.7
Connecticut	79.0	0.5	66.5	0.6
Delaware	75.8	1.2	60.2	1.4
District of Columbia	34.0	1.9	26.8	1.7
Florida	73.2	0.3	56.8	0.3
Georgia	68.3	0.4	53.5	0.4
Hawaii	59.4	1.1	50.6	1.1
Idaho	76.2	1.0	68.1	1.1
Illinois	67.0	0.3	54.1	0.3
Indiana	78.6	0.4	70.7	0.4
Iowa	87.3	0.4	79.4	0.5
Kansas	69.1	0.7	62.9	0.7
Kentucky	79.2	0.4	67.1	0.4
Louisiana	71.7	0.5	61.3	0.5
Maine	81.5	0.7	66.5	0.9
Maryland	71.2	0.5	59.9	0.5
Massachusetts	76.9	0.4	58.7	0.4
Michigan	75.7	0.3	62.7	0.4
Minnesota	76.2	0.5	67.5	0.5
Mississippi	69.9	0.6	56.8	0.7
Missouri	78.8	0.4	65.1	0.4
Montana	83.4	0.9	72.6	1.0
Nebraska	80.7	0.6	75.1	0.7
Nevada	60.3	1.0	52.4	1.0
New Hampshire	88.0	0.7	69.0	1.0
New Jersey	87.2	0.3	80.3	0.3
New Mexico	59.7	0.9	45.8	0.9
New York	72.3	0.3	59.6	0.3
North Carolina	78.9	0.3	68.2	0.4
North Dakota	79.7	0.9	75.2	1.1
Ohio	77.8	0.3	63.5	0.3
Oklahoma	81.8	0.4	72.7	0.5
Oregon	70.2	0.7	56.3	0.7
Pennsylvania	76.9	0.3	65.2	0.3
Puerto Rico	29.0	0.8	24.2	0.7
Rhode Island	72.4	1.0	58.9	1.1
South Carolina	81.5	0.4	68.5	0.5
South Dakota	83.5	0.8	77.3	0.9
Tennessee	76.6	0.3	66.9	0.4
Texas	75.8	0.2	58.6	0.3
Utah	76.6	0.8	64.1	0.9
Vermont	83.8	1.0	70.9	1.3
Virginia	74.4	0.4	60.9	0.4
Washington	71.5	0.5	57.9	0.5
West Virginia	79.1	0.5	68.3	0.6
Wisconsin	81.1	0.4	73.1	0.4
Wyoming	80.4	1.2	71.5	1.4

^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_6-2: 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_6-2.html