Table 8_2_1-2

2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

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Table 8_2_1.2
Hospital patients with pneumonia who received recommended hospital care, by State, 2007-2008^a
	2008		2007
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	89.8	0.02	87.0	0.02
Alabama	88.9	0.1	85.1	0.2
Alaska	85.3	0.6	84.3	0.7
Arizona	88.0	0.2	84.8	0.2
Arkansas	90.5	0.2	87.0	0.2
California	88.9	0.1	85.0	0.1
Colorado	88.9	0.2	86.4	0.2
Connecticut	90.3	0.2	88.7	0.2
Delaware	89.0	0.4	87.0	0.5
District of Columbia	73.6	0.8	70.1	0.8
Florida	91.7	0.1	87.3	0.1
Georgia	89.2	0.1	84.3	0.2
Hawaii	84.2	0.4	80.6	0.4
Idaho	91.6	0.3	88.7	0.4
Illinois	89.0	0.1	86.0	0.1
Indiana	90.4	0.1	88.6	0.1
Iowa	92.8	0.1	91.4	0.2
Kansas	85.2	0.2	82.6	0.3
Kentucky	90.0	0.1	87.5	0.1
Louisiana	87.5	0.2	83.7	0.2
Maine	93.0	0.2	90.3	0.3
Maryland	87.9	0.2	84.4	0.2
Massachusetts	90.2	0.1	87.6	0.1
Michigan	91.0	0.1	88.7	0.1
Minnesota	90.9	0.2	88.2	0.2
Mississippi	87.0	0.2	83.6	0.2
Missouri	90.8	0.1	88.4	0.1
Montana	91.3	0.3	89.0	0.4
Nebraska	91.8	0.2	89.8	0.3
Nevada	87.2	0.3	81.3	0.4
New Hampshire	94.4	0.2	92.8	0.3
New Jersey	93.3	0.1	92.0	0.1
New Mexico	85.5	0.3	80.4	0.4
New York	88.9	0.1	86.3	0.1
North Carolina	91.1	0.1	88.5	0.1
North Dakota	89.7	0.3	88.5	0.4
Ohio	91.5	0.1	88.5	0.1
Oklahoma	89.5	0.1	89.0	0.2
Oregon	89.8	0.2	86.6	0.2
Pennsylvania	90.7	0.1	88.1	0.1
Puerto Rico	55.6	0.4	54.5	0.4
Rhode Island	88.6	0.4	87.5	0.4
South Carolina	92.4	0.1	89.6	0.2
South Dakota	91.0	0.3	89.4	0.4
Tennessee	90.3	0.1	87.5	0.1
Texas	89.7	0.1	87.0	0.1
Utah	91.8	0.2	87.5	0.3
Vermont	93.8	0.3	92.7	0.4
Virginia	91.4	0.1	88.9	0.1
Washington	89.0	0.2	84.7	0.2
West Virginia	90.2	0.2	86.9	0.2
Wisconsin	92.1	0.1	90.0	0.1
Wyoming	89.4	0.4	88.7	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, 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 February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 8_2_1-2: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/8_respiratorydiseases/T8_2_1-2.html