Table 8_2_6-3

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 8_2_6.3
Hospital patients with pneumonia who received pneumococcal screening or vaccination, by State, 2004 and 2007^a
State	2007		2004
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	75.4	0.3	42.7	0.4
Alabama	71.1	2.5	50.5	2.9
Alaska	72.3	6.7	58.7	9.7
Arizona	73.1	2.2	57.1	3.1
Arkansas	79.4	1.9	38.5	3.3
California	67.8	1.5	22.4	1.4
Colorado	75.3	2.5	50.6	4.2
Connecticut	82.8	2.8	54.1	3.7
Delaware	78.0	5.5	42.8	4.5
District of Columbia	40.1	6.4	*	*
Florida	77.6	1.4	38.3	1.6
Georgia	69.9	1.8	34.0	2.4
Hawaii	59.9	6.9	38.1	6.6
Idaho	80.2	4.1	55.5	4.9
Illinois	71.3	1.6	38.5	2.2
Indiana	81.9	1.5	52.7	2.7
Iowa	83.9	1.7	58.9	3.1
Kansas	61.3	2.9	43.8	3.5
Kentucky	78.8	1.7	44.8	2.7
Louisiana	65.9	2.7	40.1	2.8
Maine	85.4	2.7	31.1	5.3
Maryland	75.9	2.7	49.3	3.6
Massachusetts	80.1	1.9	30.4	3.2
Michigan	78.3	1.7	50.5	2.4
Minnesota	77.8	2.0	47.6	3.3
Mississippi	65.1	3.3	32.1	3.3
Missouri	78.8	1.6	44.9	2.5
Montana	80.1	3.7	53.4	6.6
Nebraska	74.7	2.6	56.3	4.0
Nevada	61.3	4.8	32.2	5.5
New Hampshire	89.4	1.6	36.3	4.9
New Jersey	88.4	1.1	66.0	2.1
New Mexico	65.9	3.1	33.7	4.6
New York	78.3	1.2	50.0	1.9
North Carolina	78.0	1.9	44.8	2.8
North Dakota	79.6	4.0	45.2	6.8
Ohio	81.6	1.2	45.9	2.2
Oklahoma	72.8	2.7	58.9	2.9
Oregon	72.7	2.7	43.1	3.9
Pennsylvania	80.0	1.2	32.7	2.0
Rhode Island	69.2	8.3	57.7	7.5
South Carolina	81.7	2.0	49.4	3.0
South Dakota	78.5	3.6	57.5	6.3
Tennessee	77.6	1.7	49.2	2.4
Texas	76.8	1.2	37.8	1.6
Utah	74.7	3.9	36.7	4.4
Vermont	89.6	3.1	38.6	6.9
Virginia	79.1	2.0	45.2	2.9
Washington	73.0	2.1	31.1	3.3
West Virginia	74.7	2.6	58.2	2.8
Wisconsin	82.0	1.3	51.5	2.6
Wyoming	76.3	3.9	52.9	6.1

^a Data were downloaded from http://www.medicare.gov/Download/DownloadDB.asp in late April each year. Estimates are calculated using hospital-level scores.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital Compare.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 8_2_6-3: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/8_respiratorydiseases/T8_2_6-3.html