Table 8_2_6-3

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.

Table 8_2_6.3
Hospital patients with pneumonia who received pneumococcal screening or vaccination, by State, 2004 and 2008^a
	2008		2004
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	81.5	0.3	42.7	0.4
Alabama	78.2	2.3	50.5	2.9
Alaska	74.2	6.3	58.7	9.7
Arizona	76.9	2.3	57.1	3.1
Arkansas	84.9	1.6	38.5	3.3
California	77.7	1.3	22.4	1.4
Colorado	78.2	2.5	50.6	4.2
Connecticut	85.8	2.5	54.1	3.7
Delaware	83.2	4.2	42.8	4.5
District of Columbia	55.3	12.5	DSU	DSU
Florida	86.5	1.1	38.3	1.6
Georgia	77.0	1.8	34.0	2.4
Hawaii	71.4	6.2	38.1	6.6
Idaho	80.5	5.4	55.5	4.9
Illinois	78.7	1.6	38.5	2.2
Indiana	85.4	1.4	52.7	2.7
Iowa	87.2	1.4	58.9	3.1
Kansas	68.4	2.5	43.8	3.5
Kentucky	83.2	1.7	44.8	2.7
Louisiana	77.6	2.3	40.1	2.8
Maine	91.1	2.0	31.1	5.3
Maryland	80.5	2.2	49.3	3.6
Massachusetts	85.9	1.5	30.4	3.2
Michigan	83.6	1.4	50.5	2.4
Minnesota	81.7	1.9	47.6	3.3
Mississippi	71.8	2.8	32.1	3.3
Missouri	83.5	1.4	44.9	2.5
Montana	86.0	2.2	53.4	6.6
Nebraska	80.3	2.7	56.3	4.0
Nevada	74.3	4.7	32.2	5.5
New Hampshire	92.2	1.2	36.3	4.9
New Jersey	91.7	0.8	66.0	2.1
New Mexico	76.5	2.8	33.7	4.6
New York	85.3	0.9	50.0	1.9
North Carolina	85.6	1.4	44.8	2.8
North Dakota	84.0	3.2	45.2	6.8
Ohio	87.2	1.0	45.9	2.2
Oklahoma	77.9	2.4	58.9	2.9
Oregon	82.2	2.2	43.1	3.9
Pennsylvania	85.0	1.2	32.7	2.0
Rhode Island	74.7	8.4	57.7	7.5
South Carolina	86.5	2.0	49.4	3.0
South Dakota	81.0	3.9	57.5	6.3
Tennessee	84.1	1.5	49.2	2.4
Texas	81.2	1.1	37.8	1.6
Utah	82.7	3.4	36.7	4.4
Vermont	89.0	4.0	38.6	6.9
Virginia	85.3	1.8	45.2	2.9
Washington	82.5	1.5	31.1	3.3
West Virginia	80.2	2.8	58.2	2.8
Wisconsin	85.9	1.4	51.5	2.6
Wyoming	81.6	3.7	52.9	6.1

^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_6-3: 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_6-3.html