Table 12_1_6-4

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_6.4
Selected infections due to medical care per 1,000 medical and surgical discharges (excluding immunocompromised and cancer patients, stays under 2 days, and admissions specifically for such infections),^a age 18 and over or obstetric admissions, by State, 2000 and 2006
	2006		2000
State	Rate^b	SE	Rate^b	SE
Total	2.19	0.01	2.03	0.01
Arizona	2.79	0.07	2.35	0.09
Arkansas	1.70	0.10	DNC	DNC
California	2.49	0.04	2.14	0.04
Colorado	2.87	0.10	2.74	0.10
Connecticut	2.55	0.10	2.87	0.11
Florida	2.78	0.04	2.19	0.04
Georgia	1.89	0.06	1.68	0.07
Hawaii	2.39	0.20	2.37	0.20
Illinois	1.83	0.05	1.83	0.05
Iowa	1.13	0.11	1.54	0.11
Kansas	1.78	0.11	1.25	0.12
Kentucky	1.89	0.08	1.71	0.08
Maine	2.24	0.16	DNC	DNC
Maryland	2.30	0.08	3.03	0.08
Massachusetts	2.43	0.07	2.51	0.08
Minnesota	1.38	0.08	DNC	DNC
Missouri	2.22	0.07	2.13	0.07
Nebraska	1.16	0.14	DNC	DNC
Nevada	2.80	0.12	DNC	DNC
New Hampshire	2.63	0.18	DNC	DNC
New Jersey	2.60	0.06	2.17	0.06
New York	2.21	0.04	2.24	0.04
North Carolina	1.85	0.06	1.83	0.06
Oklahoma	1.48	0.09	DNC	DNC
Oregon	1.54	0.10	1.99	0.11
Rhode Island	2.88	0.18	DNC	DNC
South Carolina	1.87	0.08	1.83	0.09
Tennessee	1.96	0.06	2.19	0.07
Utah	1.92	0.14	2.15	0.15
Vermont	1.91	0.29	DNC	DNC
Virginia	1.94	0.07	DNC	DNC
Washington	1.90	0.08	2.00	0.09
West Virginia	1.71	0.12	1.58	0.12
Wisconsin	2.25	0.08	2.12	0.09

^a Also excludes admissions specifically for such infections, such as cases from earlier admissions, from other hospitals, or from other settings.

^b Rates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, comorbidities, and diagnosis-related group clusters.

DNC - Data were not collected.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) databases and AHRQ Quality Indicators, version 3.1. State estimates are from the State Inpatient Databases (SID), and not all States participate in HCUP. Estimates for the total U.S. are from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, which is drawn from the SID and weighted to give national estimates.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 12_1_6-4: 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_6-4.html