Table 4_4_2-3
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.
| 2006 | 2000 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Ratea | SE | Ratea | SE |
| Total | 24.4 | 0.3 | 41.9 | 0.3 |
| Arizona | 24.5 | 1.9 | 44.3 | 2.3 |
| Arkansas | 34.8 | 2.8 | DNC | DNC |
| California | 22.9 | 1.1 | 39.6 | 1.0 |
| Colorado | 18.2 | 3.1 | 34.7 | 3.0 |
| Connecticut | 25.7 | 2.6 | 33.9 | 2.6 |
| Florida | 25.0 | 1.0 | 38.7 | 1.0 |
| Georgia | 31.6 | 2.0 | 51.4 | 2.2 |
| Hawaii | 37.9 | 4.8 | 55.3 | 5.8 |
| Illinois | 23.4 | 1.5 | 38.5 | 1.4 |
| Iowa | 28.0 | 3.8 | 41.7 | 3.2 |
| Kansas | 29.6 | 3.2 | 49.0 | 3.3 |
| Kentucky | 24.9 | 2.2 | 40.2 | 2.1 |
| Maine | 37.4 | 4.1 | DNC | DNC |
| Maryland | 20.0 | 2.0 | 39.5 | 2.5 |
| Massachusetts | 20.2 | 2.2 | 32.7 | 2.1 |
| Michigan | 21.8 | 1.5 | 36.5 | 1.6 |
| Minnesota | 24.5 | 2.6 | DNC | DNC |
| Missouri | 28.2 | 1.8 | 50.4 | 1.8 |
| Nebraska | 28.6 | 3.8 | DNC | DNC |
| Nevada | 36.2 | 3.0 | DNC | DNC |
| New Hampshire | 37.6 | 5.3 | DNC | DNC |
| New Jersey | 26.7 | 1.9 | 38.2 | 1.8 |
| New York | 24.0 | 1.3 | 43.7 | 1.3 |
| North Carolina | 27.8 | 2.0 | 44.2 | 2.1 |
| Oklahoma | 32.5 | 2.6 | DNC | DNC |
| Oregon | 28.7 | 2.9 | 35.9 | 3.1 |
| Rhode Island | 29.9 | 6.3 | DNC | DNC |
| South Carolina | 21.0 | 2.4 | 47.4 | 2.8 |
| Tennessee | 28.0 | 1.7 | 49.7 | 1.8 |
| Texas | 29.0 | 1.0 | 51.0 | 1.2 |
| Utah | 22.3 | 4.0 | 34.0 | 4.0 |
| Vermont | 35.4 | 8.6 | DNC | DNC |
| Virginia | 23.7 | 2.1 | DNC | DNC |
| Washington | 33.2 | 2.5 | 40.0 | 2.3 |
| West Virginia | 33.2 | 3.4 | 42.2 | 3.6 |
| Wisconsin | 22.1 | 1.8 | 40.3 | 2.1 |
a Rates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, and All Patient Refined-Diagnosis Related Group (APR-DRG) risk of mortality score.
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 4_4_2-3: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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