Table 8_2_5-3
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 | 2006 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Percent | SE | Percent | SE |
| Total | 78.6 | 0.3 | 69.7 | 0.4 |
| Alabama | 73.9 | 2.4 | 62.1 | 2.8 |
| Alaska | 64.9 | 8.5 | 64.2 | 8.7 |
| Arizona | 75.5 | 2.1 | 61.6 | 3.0 |
| Arkansas | 79.8 | 2.0 | 69.7 | 3.2 |
| California | 74.7 | 1.3 | 58.2 | 1.7 |
| Colorado | 75.6 | 2.5 | 69.6 | 4.1 |
| Connecticut | 81.2 | 2.6 | 75.0 | 5.1 |
| Delaware | 80.4 | 4.9 | 75.6 | 5.8 |
| District of Columbia | 53.9 | 11.3 | DSU | DSU |
| Florida | 82.1 | 1.2 | 64.2 | 1.8 |
| Georgia | 74.7 | 1.8 | 59.9 | 2.2 |
| Hawaii | 69.4 | 5.3 | 59.7 | 5.0 |
| Idaho | 81.2 | 5.3 | 71.7 | 4.5 |
| Illinois | 76.6 | 1.5 | 63.5 | 2.3 |
| Indiana | 82.6 | 1.6 | 73.2 | 2.4 |
| Iowa | 83.4 | 1.7 | 84.6 | 2.2 |
| Kansas | 64.4 | 2.8 | 62.9 | 3.5 |
| Kentucky | 79.9 | 1.8 | 75.9 | 2.3 |
| Louisiana | 71.8 | 2.5 | 58.0 | 3.9 |
| Maine | 89.9 | 1.6 | 80.2 | 3.6 |
| Maryland | 74.5 | 2.7 | 68.9 | 3.5 |
| Massachusetts | 81.6 | 1.8 | 75.4 | 2.5 |
| Michigan | 83.9 | 1.2 | 73.0 | 2.4 |
| Minnesota | 79.4 | 2.2 | 73.9 | 2.9 |
| Mississippi | 66.5 | 3.2 | 64.0 | 4.2 |
| Missouri | 82.0 | 1.4 | 70.2 | 2.3 |
| Montana | 79.2 | 3.5 | 83.4 | 4.3 |
| Nebraska | 78.9 | 2.1 | 76.8 | 3.2 |
| Nevada | 68.8 | 5.5 | 54.4 | 5.9 |
| New Hampshire | 90.3 | 1.3 | 84.5 | 4.4 |
| New Jersey | 88.1 | 1.1 | 85.4 | 1.6 |
| New Mexico | 70.1 | 3.5 | 56.1 | 4.5 |
| New York | 83.7 | 0.9 | 76.8 | 1.6 |
| North Carolina | 83.5 | 1.4 | 73.5 | 2.6 |
| North Dakota | 80.1 | 4.4 | 77.2 | 5.9 |
| Ohio | 84.7 | 1.0 | 78.2 | 1.6 |
| Oklahoma | 77.8 | 2.2 | 71.6 | 3.0 |
| Oregon | 75.4 | 2.5 | 64.3 | 3.9 |
| Pennsylvania | 80.2 | 1.4 | 71.7 | 1.7 |
| Rhode Island | 76.5 | 8.5 | 63.7 | 8.0 |
| South Carolina | 84.0 | 1.9 | 76.6 | 2.3 |
| South Dakota | 79.2 | 3.5 | 83.5 | 4.5 |
| Tennessee | 80.8 | 1.5 | 73.1 | 1.9 |
| Texas | 79.5 | 1.1 | 69.4 | 1.7 |
| Utah | 82.7 | 3.4 | 73.1 | 4.3 |
| Vermont | 87.9 | 3.0 | 77.6 | 4.7 |
| Virginia | 83.7 | 1.7 | 70.5 | 2.3 |
| Washington | 77.0 | 2.0 | 59.6 | 3.4 |
| West Virginia | 81.7 | 2.1 | 71.6 | 3.4 |
| Wisconsin | 81.1 | 1.7 | 79.1 | 2.1 |
| Wyoming | 78.5 | 4.3 | 71.0 | 6.5 |
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 8_2_5-3: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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