Table 9_1_17-3

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_17.3
Short-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	11,773	76.0	0.2	15,880	11,503	72.6	0.2
Alabama	232	194	75.3	1.5	232	190	68.5	2.0
Alaska	15	3	84.7	7.5	15	3	83.3	3.2
Arizona	135	112	75.3	1.8	136	110	69.5	2.3
Arkansas	235	168	85.4	1.2	235	169	81.8	1.4
California	1,265	817	70.6	0.9	1,276	782	67.0	0.9
Colorado	210	136	75.2	1.7	209	133	76.2	1.7
Connecticut	244	219	71.1	1.4	244	218	68.9	1.4
Delaware	44	32	80.7	3.1	44	32	80.5	3.1
District of Columbia	20	15	64.0	6.1	20	12	59.3	6.7
Florida	678	622	66.5	1.0	682	617	60.8	1.1
Georgia	359	294	80.2	1.1	361	285	73.0	1.4
Hawaii	46	25	79.2	4.3	47	24	80.7	2.7
Idaho	77	52	76.1	2.6	79	53	73.3	2.9
Illinois	799	567	72.0	1.1	800	556	68.2	1.2
Indiana	511	389	75.6	1.0	515	371	69.8	1.2
Iowa	452	198	85.7	0.9	456	180	84.8	1.0
Kansas	350	160	79.5	1.4	351	147	79.2	1.4
Kentucky	291	234	84.5	1.0	292	231	80.1	1.2
Louisiana	292	232	76.6	1.4	290	224	71.8	1.4
Maine	113	85	75.5	1.9	113	82	77.0	1.9
Maryland	233	198	69.8	1.8	233	194	68.2	1.8
Massachusetts	446	360	77.6	0.9	452	360	73.5	1.0
Michigan	425	355	76.7	1.2	426	348	74.3	1.3
Minnesota	393	297	81.9	0.8	399	302	79.9	1.0
Mississippi	203	141	78.7	1.7	201	132	70.1	2.2
Missouri	515	368	77.7	1.1	520	357	74.0	1.2
Montana	92	34	76.8	3.4	95	36	79.8	2.8
Nebraska	225	105	83.0	1.3	225	99	80.9	1.7
Nevada	48	33	63.6	4.1	47	32	63.5	4.0
New Hampshire	81	64	79.3	2.3	82	62	76.9	1.9
New Jersey	361	328	82.6	1.0	364	320	81.7	1.0
New Mexico	72	48	60.7	3.8	73	51	65.0	3.6
New York	657	601	81.5	0.6	656	613	80.0	0.6
North Carolina	421	372	72.4	1.2	421	367	68.7	1.2
North Dakota	83	34	89.6	1.2	83	38	87.8	1.5
Ohio	956	738	72.1	0.9	957	706	65.8	1.0
Oklahoma	327	147	80.0	1.5	332	145	77.3	1.6
Oregon	138	99	63.9	2.6	138	100	64.2	2.5
Pennsylvania	715	621	77.7	0.8	715	613	75.9	0.8
Rhode Island	86	61	79.2	2.2	87	62	80.0	2.2
South Carolina	174	156	80.3	1.4	175	147	74.8	1.8
South Dakota	110	50	83.4	1.7	109	38	83.7	1.7
Tennessee	323	268	75.6	1.3	326	266	69.7	1.4
Texas	1,142	808	78.2	0.8	1,144	777	74.2	0.9
Utah	92	61	78.3	2.5	94	57	78.5	2.6
Vermont	40	30	75.8	2.9	40	24	74.3	4.2
Virginia	277	235	69.3	1.5	278	232	63.5	1.5
Washington	242	196	71.1	1.4	244	196	70.9	1.4
West Virginia	131	86	76.7	1.8	131	89	77.6	2.2
Wisconsin	396	305	83.5	0.8	397	302	82.0	0.8
Wyoming	39	20	76.1	4.3	39	19	79.6	3.7

^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 20 residents in the denominator for a postacute 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_17-3: 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_17-3.html