Table 13_2_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.
| 2008 | 2005 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Percent | SE | Percent | SE |
| Total | 40.6 | 1.4 | 30.1 | 0.7 |
| Alabama | DSU | DSU | 26.2 | 5.9 |
| Alaska | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
| Arizona | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
| Arkansas | 41.8 | 10.9 | 33.4 | 6.5 |
| California | 44.9 | 3.2 | 32.0 | 2.0 |
| Colorado | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
| Connecticut | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
| Delaware | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
| District of Columbia | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
| Florida | 45.5 | 7.1 | 29.0 | 2.7 |
| Georgia | 35.1 | 6.6 | 28.4 | 3.1 |
| Hawaii | DSU | DSU | 45.2 | 9.7 |
| Idaho | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
| Illinois | 27.5 | 7.7 | 23.6 | 4.2 |
| Indiana | DSU | DSU | 36.0 | 7.5 |
| Iowa | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
| Kansas | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
| Kentucky | 46.5 | 9.9 | 39.3 | 5.2 |
| Louisiana | 34.6 | 7.3 | 22.5 | 4.5 |
| Maine | 71.8 | 10.8 | 42.1 | 5.5 |
| Maryland | DSU | DSU | 33.6 | 8.4 |
| Massachusetts | 51.2 | 10.7 | 29.1 | 6.1 |
| Michigan | 43.1 | 10.8 | 29.4 | 4.8 |
| Minnesota | DSU | DSU | 37.1 | 8.1 |
| Mississippi | DSU | DSU | 39.6 | 6.6 |
| Missouri | 52.2 | 12.9 | 36.4 | 6.0 |
| Montana | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
| Nebraska | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
| Nevada | 58.5 | 12.1 | 36.1 | 7.4 |
| New Hampshire | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
| New Jersey | 50.8 | 7.4 | 28.5 | 4.4 |
| New Mexico | 60.3 | 11.4 | DSU | DSU |
| New York | 35.2 | 4.4 | 36.0 | 3.0 |
| North Carolina | 38.5 | 10.0 | 24.2 | 4.6 |
| North Dakota | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
| Ohio | 53.9 | 11.2 | 34.2 | 4.4 |
| Oklahoma | DSU | DSU | 35.5 | 6.1 |
| Oregon | DSU | DSU | 24.8 | 6.5 |
| Pennsylvania | 29.2 | 6.8 | 25.4 | 3.5 |
| Rhode Island | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
| South Carolina | 52.3 | 11.2 | 27.4 | 5.5 |
| South Dakota | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
| Tennessee | 57.5 | 10.1 | 33.7 | 4.9 |
| Texas | 26.3 | 4.4 | 24.2 | 2.4 |
| Utah | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
| Vermont | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
| Virginia | 50.5 | 9.2 | 33.1 | 4.2 |
| Washington | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
| West Virginia | DSU | DSU | 27.4 | 5.5 |
| Wisconsin | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
| Wyoming | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
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 13_2_4-3: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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