Table 11_1_13-3

2009 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 11_1_13.3
Long-stay nursing home residents who were assessed and given pneumococcal vaccination, by State, 2006 and 2008^a
	2008		2006
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	85.9	0.2	76.0	0.2
Alabama	85.8	1.2	71.3	2.3
Alaska	95.0	0.0	92.8	2.2
Arizona	86.2	1.3	80.7	1.7
Arkansas	90.8	0.7	73.9	2.0
California	81.1	0.6	67.8	0.9
Colorado	83.2	1.3	81.7	1.5
Connecticut	82.2	1.3	74.3	1.8
Delaware	90.7	1.2	91.0	1.6
District of Columbia	75.4	5.8	58.4	9.3
Florida	80.6	0.8	65.3	1.3
Georgia	91.8	0.5	73.2	1.7
Hawaii	92.3	1.0	92.5	0.9
Idaho	91.7	1.0	84.4	2.0
Illinois	75.9	1.1	63.5	1.3
Indiana	83.9	0.8	73.3	1.3
Iowa	92.4	0.4	89.7	0.6
Kansas	87.4	0.9	82.8	1.2
Kentucky	92.1	0.5	88.9	1.0
Louisiana	79.5	1.5	55.1	2.3
Maine	87.3	1.4	82.0	1.8
Maryland	85.2	1.1	79.0	1.5
Massachusetts	88.6	0.6	77.5	1.1
Michigan	84.1	1.0	78.9	1.3
Minnesota	92.1	0.4	87.5	0.8
Mississippi	91.9	0.7	76.4	2.1
Missouri	83.8	0.9	72.2	1.4
Montana	87.4	1.4	84.2	2.0
Nebraska	91.2	0.6	85.5	1.4
Nevada	73.0	4.5	68.1	4.6
New Hampshire	92.7	0.9	82.5	2.4
New Jersey	88.8	0.7	87.0	0.9
New Mexico	64.4	3.4	56.3	4.3
New York	92.0	0.3	89.8	0.5
North Carolina	89.1	0.6	68.6	1.6
North Dakota	93.4	0.6	90.1	1.3
Ohio	84.2	0.7	64.6	1.2
Oklahoma	85.5	1.1	78.4	1.5
Oregon	76.5	1.8	68.4	2.4
Pennsylvania	86.5	0.6	82.2	0.8
Rhode Island	87.4	1.2	86.7	1.6
South Carolina	91.6	0.7	79.8	2.2
South Dakota	93.2	0.6	93.4	0.5
Tennessee	85.0	1.1	73.3	1.7
Texas	85.9	0.5	78.7	0.8
Utah	89.1	1.3	72.7	3.5
Vermont	86.9	2.0	78.0	4.3
Virginia	84.8	1.1	65.3	2.1
Washington	85.1	1.1	77.3	1.6
West Virginia	87.7	1.5	80.2	2.4
Wisconsin	93.5	0.3	89.4	0.7
Wyoming	87.6	3.2	86.3	3.3

^a Data were downloaded from www.medicare.gov/nhcompare/home.asp, reflecting care for the last two quarters of the year. Facilities with fewer than 30 residents were excluded.

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 11_1_13-3: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/11_supportive_palliative_care/T11_1_13-3.html