Table 12_1_4-3

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 12_1_4.3
Surgery patients whose preventive antibiotic(s) are stopped within 24 hours after surgery, by State, 2005 and 2008^a
	2008		2005
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	84.5	0.3	65.0	0.6
Alabama	81.5	2.3	66.8	3.3
Alaska	80.4	5.2	DSU	DSU
Arizona	83.6	1.5	60.9	8.8
Arkansas	85.8	1.9	69.3	4.6
California	82.0	0.9	52.9	2.4
Colorado	85.6	1.9	71.3	5.3
Connecticut	88.7	1.2	DSU	DSU
Delaware	86.6	2.8	64.6	5.4
District of Columbia	85.9	3.6	DSU	DSU
Florida	83.7	1.1	60.5	2.3
Georgia	82.4	1.5	61.6	4.1
Hawaii	82.1	3.5	DSU	DSU
Idaho	78.4	4.3	67.0	9.1
Illinois	81.3	1.3	62.9	2.8
Indiana	84.6	1.4	57.0	3.5
Iowa	83.4	2.3	72.1	4.4
Kansas	79.6	2.8	68.9	4.6
Kentucky	82.5	2.1	61.6	7.6
Louisiana	77.1	1.9	49.0	6.6
Maine	93.8	1.2	76.1	5.0
Maryland	85.4	1.9	59.8	3.8
Massachusetts	89.7	1.5	71.3	3.7
Michigan	89.9	1.0	75.9	2.3
Minnesota	89.3	1.5	69.5	6.5
Mississippi	78.7	3.1	55.7	3.5
Missouri	83.8	2.1	67.5	4.6
Montana	88.5	2.6	78.1	6.0
Nebraska	90.4	1.9	74.0	5.3
Nevada	75.7	3.2	30.8	6.4
New Hampshire	93.9	0.8	72.4	5.9
New Jersey	88.6	1.4	68.8	2.8
New Mexico	85.8	1.9	73.2	6.2
New York	86.3	0.8	66.1	2.5
North Carolina	88.0	1.1	69.4	3.2
North Dakota	92.8	1.7	75.0	6.2
Ohio	86.9	1.0	56.8	4.0
Oklahoma	85.9	1.9	82.3	4.5
Oregon	84.4	2.1	73.5	7.4
Pennsylvania	84.9	1.0	61.8	3.4
Rhode Island	92.5	1.4	DSU	DSU
South Carolina	89.1	1.2	70.5	3.5
South Dakota	94.6	1.1	74.1	6.9
Tennessee	80.8	2.0	67.6	4.1
Texas	81.6	1.1	60.6	3.2
Utah	81.3	2.3	59.5	6.0
Vermont	93.6	1.5	69.5	6.3
Virginia	85.7	1.3	63.1	5.8
Washington	89.3	1.2	73.0	5.9
West Virginia	76.5	3.4	68.3	4.4
Wisconsin	89.8	1.0	66.7	4.1
Wyoming	83.3	3.6	66.3	9.0

^a Data were downloaded from http://www.medicare.gov/Download/DownloadDB.asp in late April each year. Estimates are calculated using hospital-level scores.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital Compare.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 12_1_4-3: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/12_patientsafety/T12_1_4-3.html