Table 11_1_9-3
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.
| 2008 | 2005 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Percent | SE | Percent | SE |
| Total | 22.4 | 0.1 | 22.6 | 0.1 |
| Alabama | 21.5 | 0.8 | 20.5 | 0.7 |
| Alaska | 23.1 | 2.8 | 24.7 | 3.2 |
| Arizona | 26.5 | 0.9 | 23.2 | 0.8 |
| Arkansas | 23.5 | 0.9 | 24.5 | 0.9 |
| California | 15.7 | 0.4 | 17.2 | 0.4 |
| Colorado | 24.4 | 0.8 | 24.7 | 0.8 |
| Connecticut | 28.0 | 1.0 | 27.8 | 1.1 |
| Delaware | 22.0 | 2.1 | 20.5 | 1.5 |
| District of Columbia | 17.6 | 2.7 | 29.6 | 3.0 |
| Florida | 17.5 | 0.4 | 17.9 | 0.4 |
| Georgia | 22.5 | 0.8 | 22.7 | 0.8 |
| Hawaii | 23.5 | 1.1 | 24.1 | 1.5 |
| Idaho | 21.4 | 0.9 | 21.9 | 0.8 |
| Illinois | 20.5 | 0.6 | 20.7 | 0.6 |
| Indiana | 25.0 | 0.9 | 24.3 | 0.9 |
| Iowa | 28.3 | 0.8 | 27.4 | 0.8 |
| Kansas | 22.6 | 1.0 | 22.0 | 0.9 |
| Kentucky | 24.9 | 1.0 | 25.5 | 0.9 |
| Louisiana | 26.5 | 1.0 | 25.8 | 1.0 |
| Maine | 21.4 | 1.1 | 22.6 | 1.6 |
| Maryland | 23.7 | 0.7 | 22.9 | 0.9 |
| Massachusetts | 23.7 | 0.9 | 26.4 | 0.9 |
| Michigan | 21.1 | 0.5 | 21.1 | 0.5 |
| Minnesota | 26.8 | 0.7 | 27.8 | 0.8 |
| Mississippi | 24.5 | 1.3 | 23.4 | 1.3 |
| Missouri | 21.5 | 0.6 | 22.2 | 0.6 |
| Montana | 23.6 | 1.4 | 22.8 | 1.4 |
| Nebraska | 21.0 | 1.0 | 20.7 | 1.1 |
| Nevada | 19.0 | 1.2 | 21.2 | 1.4 |
| New Hampshire | 23.7 | 1.7 | 27.7 | 1.8 |
| New Jersey | 22.2 | 1.0 | 22.8 | 1.0 |
| New Mexico | 25.7 | 1.1 | 24.2 | 1.2 |
| New York | 29.1 | 0.9 | 30.1 | 1.1 |
| North Carolina | 24.2 | 0.5 | 24.4 | 0.6 |
| North Dakota | 17.6 | 1.2 | 18.5 | 1.5 |
| Ohio | 26.9 | 0.6 | 27.3 | 0.7 |
| Oklahoma | 25.3 | 0.9 | 22.8 | 0.8 |
| Oregon | 21.8 | 0.8 | 20.2 | 0.7 |
| Pennsylvania | 21.5 | 0.5 | 20.6 | 0.5 |
| Rhode Island | 23.0 | 1.6 | 21.5 | 1.8 |
| South Carolina | 21.8 | 0.9 | 24.7 | 0.9 |
| South Dakota | 21.4 | 1.6 | 18.3 | 1.5 |
| Tennessee | 26.0 | 0.8 | 24.8 | 0.8 |
| Texas | 23.3 | 0.4 | 22.5 | 0.4 |
| Utah | 19.5 | 0.8 | 20.0 | 0.9 |
| Vermont | 26.0 | 1.4 | 26.0 | 1.2 |
| Virginia | 23.5 | 0.7 | 22.5 | 0.7 |
| Washington | 22.6 | 0.5 | 19.7 | 0.8 |
| West Virginia | 26.6 | 1.0 | 24.4 | 1.1 |
| Wisconsin | 24.1 | 1.0 | 25.1 | 1.1 |
| Wyoming | 24.5 | 1.0 | 20.6 | 1.5 |
a Data were downloaded from http://www.medicare.gov/Download/DownloadDB.asp in March-April and reflect care delivered mainly in the previous year.
Key: SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Outcome and Assessment Information Set.
Current as of March 2010
Internet Citation: Table 11_1_9-3: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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