Table 9_1_19-3

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_19.3
Short-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	11,662	72.9	0.2	15,880	11,552	67.8	0.3
Alabama	232	194	70.5	2.1	232	189	62.9	2.4
Alaska	15	3	77.7	8.7	15	3	74.3	6.7
Arizona	135	108	75.7	2.2	136	106	74.0	2.1
Arkansas	235	167	82.0	1.6	235	160	69.5	2.2
California	1,265	828	65.4	1.0	1,276	816	60.0	1.1
Colorado	210	129	72.2	2.2	209	130	72.2	2.3
Connecticut	244	220	67.7	1.9	244	220	62.1	1.9
Delaware	44	31	80.1	3.3	44	31	82.9	3.1
District of Columbia	20	13	49.2	9.1	20	13	40.5	9.7
Florida	678	606	66.3	1.2	682	602	60.0	1.3
Georgia	359	286	77.9	1.4	361	278	67.8	1.8
Hawaii	46	25	75.2	4.3	47	25	76.1	4.3
Idaho	77	51	79.1	3.0	79	52	72.8	3.3
Illinois	799	541	62.4	1.4	800	536	55.3	1.4
Indiana	511	387	68.2	1.4	515	382	63.8	1.4
Iowa	452	207	84.0	1.2	456	195	83.0	1.2
Kansas	350	146	76.5	1.9	351	145	72.7	2.1
Kentucky	291	227	83.4	1.2	292	233	80.7	1.3
Louisiana	292	236	66.6	1.8	290	227	54.2	2.3
Maine	113	87	77.6	2.2	113	84	70.8	2.5
Maryland	233	201	65.2	2.1	233	201	64.2	2.0
Massachusetts	446	357	76.5	1.0	452	356	69.3	1.3
Michigan	425	346	73.6	1.4	426	358	71.3	1.4
Minnesota	393	296	81.0	1.1	399	295	78.4	1.2
Mississippi	203	139	77.0	1.9	201	134	66.7	2.6
Missouri	515	366	68.8	1.5	520	360	64.9	1.6
Montana	92	36	74.4	4.2	95	37	71.2	4.6
Nebraska	225	105	80.2	2.0	225	106	77.2	2.2
Nevada	48	31	64.3	4.7	47	30	59.7	4.9
New Hampshire	81	63	83.4	1.9	82	63	75.9	2.9
New Jersey	361	322	82.7	1.1	364	326	82.5	1.0
New Mexico	72	52	46.5	4.5	73	49	44.0	4.5
New York	657	596	83.3	0.6	656	601	81.3	0.7
North Carolina	421	370	74.2	1.2	421	365	60.8	1.6
North Dakota	83	38	90.4	1.2	83	33	88.3	2.2
Ohio	956	736	67.8	1.1	957	727	59.9	1.2
Oklahoma	327	151	75.0	2.0	332	147	73.0	2.1
Oregon	138	99	64.7	2.6	138	97	61.4	2.8
Pennsylvania	715	616	76.6	1.0	715	612	74.7	1.0
Rhode Island	86	62	76.0	2.7	87	62	77.2	2.8
South Carolina	174	153	76.7	1.8	175	153	70.8	2.3
South Dakota	110	47	85.1	2.1	109	50	83.8	2.3
Tennessee	323	268	69.8	1.7	326	270	64.5	1.8
Texas	1,142	784	72.0	1.0	1,144	758	68.9	1.1
Utah	92	58	78.4	2.9	94	61	69.1	3.6
Vermont	40	29	71.9	4.4	40	29	68.0	4.8
Virginia	277	234	64.4	1.8	278	233	53.1	2.0
Washington	242	194	72.6	1.8	244	200	66.9	1.9
West Virginia	131	91	70.8	2.7	131	89	68.4	3.0
Wisconsin	396	312	85.3	0.9	397	305	80.7	1.1
Wyoming	39	18	64.7	7.0	39	18	72.4	6.3

^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 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_19-3: 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_19-3.html