Table 9_1_18-3

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_18.3
Long-stay nursing home residents who were assessed and given pneumococcal vaccination, 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	13,963	81.5	0.2	15,880	14,004	76.0	0.2
Alabama	232	215	78.7	1.9	232	213	71.3	2.3
Alaska	15	6	93.7	1.3	15	5	92.8	2.2
Arizona	135	121	83.1	1.3	136	122	80.7	1.7
Arkansas	235	217	87.1	1.2	235	214	73.9	2.0
California	1,265	1,062	74.0	0.8	1,276	1,063	67.8	0.9
Colorado	210	182	84.0	1.3	209	183	81.7	1.5
Connecticut	244	235	77.5	1.6	244	236	74.3	1.8
Delaware	44	40	90.9	1.4	44	39	91.0	1.6
District of Columbia	20	17	67.1	7.4	20	17	58.4	9.3
Florida	678	619	72.2	1.1	682	617	65.3	1.3
Georgia	359	335	85.9	1.0	361	334	73.2	1.7
Hawaii	46	35	92.3	1.0	47	34	92.5	0.9
Idaho	77	61	88.7	1.6	79	63	84.4	2.0
Illinois	799	676	70.4	1.2	800	670	63.5	1.3
Indiana	511	444	79.7	1.0	515	441	73.3	1.3
Iowa	452	402	91.2	0.5	456	404	89.7	0.6
Kansas	350	287	86.2	0.9	351	287	82.8	1.2
Kentucky	291	247	90.9	0.7	292	247	88.9	1.0
Louisiana	292	258	71.8	1.8	290	254	55.1	2.3
Maine	113	97	86.5	1.3	113	95	82.0	1.8
Maryland	233	209	80.7	1.5	233	211	79.0	1.5
Massachusetts	446	399	84.3	0.8	452	402	77.5	1.1
Michigan	425	380	82.5	1.1	426	391	78.9	1.3
Minnesota	393	369	90.1	0.6	399	376	87.5	0.8
Mississippi	203	186	86.2	1.4	201	186	76.4	2.1
Missouri	515	460	77.6	1.3	520	459	72.2	1.4
Montana	92	64	86.6	1.8	95	67	84.2	2.0
Nebraska	225	188	89.0	1.0	225	182	85.5	1.4
Nevada	48	35	72.9	4.1	47	35	68.1	4.6
New Hampshire	81	74	88.7	1.2	82	74	82.5	2.4
New Jersey	361	324	88.3	0.7	364	327	87.0	0.9
New Mexico	72	64	58.3	3.9	73	63	56.3	4.3
New York	657	630	91.1	0.4	656	631	89.8	0.5
North Carolina	421	380	83.1	1.0	421	382	68.6	1.6
North Dakota	83	71	91.9	1.0	83	72	90.1	1.3
Ohio	956	849	73.9	1.0	957	837	64.6	1.2
Oklahoma	327	276	82.7	1.2	332	282	78.4	1.5
Oregon	138	122	73.6	2.1	138	123	68.4	2.4
Pennsylvania	715	640	83.6	0.8	715	643	82.2	0.8
Rhode Island	86	80	86.6	1.5	87	82	86.7	1.6
South Carolina	174	156	86.8	1.5	175	154	79.8	2.2
South Dakota	110	105	93.4	0.5	109	104	93.4	0.5
Tennessee	323	291	79.3	1.5	326	299	73.3	1.7
Texas	1,142	979	82.5	0.7	1,144	995	78.7	0.8
Utah	92	66	79.6	2.8	94	71	72.7	3.5
Vermont	40	34	79.2	4.1	40	34	78.0	4.3
Virginia	277	254	77.7	1.6	278	252	65.3	2.1
Washington	242	216	81.8	1.2	244	220	77.3	1.6
West Virginia	131	111	83.3	1.9	131	111	80.2	2.4
Wisconsin	396	363	92.0	0.5	397	368	89.4	0.7
Wyoming	39	32	85.6	3.2	39	33	86.3	3.3

^a Data were downloaded from www.medicare.gov/nhcompare/home.asp after April 17 and reflect care from July 1 to December 31 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_18-3: 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_18-3.html