Table 9_1_16-3

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 9_1_16.3
Long-stay nursing home residents given influenza vaccination during the flu season, by State, 2006 and 2007^a
State	2007				2006
	Number of nursing homes				Number of nursing homes
	Total	With score^b	Percent^b	SE	Total	With score^b	Percent^b	SE
Total	15,811	14,103	87.2	0.1	15,880	14,073	86.0	0.1
Alabama	232	218	87.8	0.9	232	215	85.0	1.3
Alaska	15	6	94.2	0.8	15	5	94.0	1.0
Arizona	135	122	82.7	1.5	136	120	80.8	1.7
Arkansas	235	218	92.8	0.7	235	215	90.9	0.9
California	1,265	1,087	81.9	0.6	1,276	1,081	79.5	0.7
Colorado	210	185	85.3	1.1	209	182	87.1	0.9
Connecticut	244	237	86.9	0.7	244	237	84.7	1.0
Delaware	44	40	90.5	1.8	44	38	89.5	2.0
District of Columbia	20	17	82.7	4.0	20	17	80.7	5.3
Florida	678	636	78.3	0.9	682	622	75.4	0.9
Georgia	359	338	90.6	0.6	361	340	87.7	0.8
Hawaii	46	35	90.5	2.4	47	33	93.8	0.5
Idaho	77	61	86.6	2.0	79	61	84.6	2.3
Illinois	799	693	83.6	0.8	800	689	83.6	0.8
Indiana	511	449	88.1	0.6	515	446	86.0	0.7
Iowa	452	402	91.3	0.6	456	405	92.9	0.4
Kansas	350	294	91.2	0.5	351	292	91.0	0.6
Kentucky	291	253	91.4	0.6	292	248	89.3	0.9
Louisiana	292	259	86.8	1.0	290	254	83.7	1.1
Maine	113	95	87.7	1.2	113	91	88.9	0.9
Maryland	233	210	84.5	1.2	233	211	83.8	1.2
Massachusetts	446	402	88.0	0.5	452	405	86.5	0.7
Michigan	425	382	87.5	0.8	426	393	85.9	0.9
Minnesota	393	372	91.8	0.4	399	376	90.5	0.5
Mississippi	203	187	90.8	0.9	201	186	85.2	1.4
Missouri	515	461	88.4	0.7	520	460	87.2	0.7
Montana	92	64	90.1	1.5	95	66	90.7	0.9
Nebraska	225	186	92.2	0.6	225	184	90.9	0.9
Nevada	48	37	76.0	3.7	47	38	75.8	3.5
New Hampshire	81	73	90.2	1.5	82	74	90.9	0.9
New Jersey	361	321	89.3	0.7	364	326	89.2	0.7
New Mexico	72	64	84.1	1.9	73	61	83.1	2.2
New York	657	631	90.7	0.4	656	634	91.2	0.3
North Carolina	421	380	86.6	0.8	421	383	85.3	0.8
North Dakota	83	72	90.1	1.7	83	73	93.4	0.8
Ohio	956	858	84.3	0.6	957	849	82.3	0.7
Oklahoma	327	279	90.0	0.6	332	285	89.5	0.6
Oregon	138	123	80.3	1.5	138	122	76.7	1.5
Pennsylvania	715	643	85.9	0.6	715	641	85.5	0.6
Rhode Island	86	80	88.5	1.4	87	82	88.0	1.3
South Carolina	174	156	91.2	0.8	175	153	90.0	1.0
South Dakota	110	104	91.0	1.1	109	103	93.0	0.8
Tennessee	323	294	88.0	0.8	326	301	86.4	0.9
Texas	1,142	998	89.0	0.4	1,144	990	87.4	0.5
Utah	92	70	85.6	1.7	94	70	87.1	1.6
Vermont	40	34	90.5	1.2	40	34	91.9	1.0
Virginia	277	255	86.8	0.9	278	250	84.2	1.0
Washington	242	214	83.7	1.0	244	219	84.3	0.9
West Virginia	131	111	90.4	0.8	131	112	91.3	0.8
Wisconsin	396	365	91.9	0.4	397	368	92.1	0.4
Wyoming	39	32	90.6	1.4	39	33	93.8	0.7

^a Data were downloaded from www.medicare.gov/nhcompare/home.asp after April 17 and the reporting period is the flu season (October - March) each year.

^b A facility had to have at least 30 residents in the denominator for a chronic care measure to be calculated; therefore, the number of facilities may vary for each measure reported in a State.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Minimum Data Set.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 9_1_16-3: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/9_nursinghome_homehealth_hospice/T9_1_16-3.html