Table 8_2_1-2

2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

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Table 8_2_1.2
Hospital patients with pneumonia who received recommended hospital care,^a by State, 2007
	2007
State	Percent	SE
Total	84.9	0.0
Alabama	83.0	0.2
Alaska	82.1	0.7
Arizona	82.5	0.2
Arkansas	85.1	0.2
California	82.9	0.1
Colorado	84.4	0.2
Connecticut	86.6	0.2
Delaware	83.8	0.5
District of Columbia	65.0	0.8
Florida	84.9	0.1
Georgia	81.9	0.2
Hawaii	79.1	0.4
Idaho	87.2	0.4
Illinois	84.0	0.1
Indiana	86.8	0.1
Iowa	90.0	0.2
Kansas	81.2	0.3
Kentucky	85.2	0.2
Louisiana	81.0	0.2
Maine	88.9	0.3
Maryland	81.9	0.2
Massachusetts	85.3	0.2
Michigan	86.8	0.1
Minnesota	86.3	0.2
Mississippi	81.3	0.2
Missouri	86.3	0.1
Montana	87.3	0.4
Nebraska	88.9	0.3
Nevada	79.1	0.4
New Hampshire	91.1	0.3
New Jersey	90.4	0.1
New Mexico	78.0	0.4
New York	83.8	0.1
North Carolina	86.3	0.1
North Dakota	86.8	0.4
Ohio	86.5	0.1
Oklahoma	87.0	0.2
Oregon	84.9	0.2
Pennsylvania	86.0	0.1
Puerto Rico	51.9	0.4
Rhode Island	85.8	0.4
South Carolina	87.4	0.2
South Dakota	88.1	0.4
Tennessee	85.5	0.1
Texas	84.7	0.1
Utah	85.8	0.3
Vermont	91.3	0.4
Virginia	86.6	0.2
Washington	82.7	0.2
West Virginia	84.2	0.2
Wisconsin	88.8	0.2
Wyoming	87.5	0.5

^a Recommended hospital care for pneumonia includes collecting blood cultures before administering the first dose of antibiotics, administering the first dose of antibiotics within 6 hours of patient's arrival at the hospital, administering the recommended empirical antibiotic regimen consistent with current guidelines (excluding health care-associated patients), screening for influenza vaccine status and vaccinating prior to discharge for patients age 50 and over discharged during the winter, and screening for pneumococcal vaccine status and vaccinating prior to discharge for patients age 65 and over.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 8_2_1-2: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/8_respiratorydiseases/T8_2_1-2.html