Table 8_2_3-2

2010 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_3.2
Hospital patients with pneumonia who received the initial antibiotic dose within 6 hours of hospital arrival, by State, 2007 and 2008
	2008		2007
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	93.5	0.0	93.3	0.0
Alabama	93.4	0.2	93.0	0.3
Alaska	91.6	1.0	91.8	1.2
Arizona	92.4	0.3	91.2	0.4
Arkansas	95.1	0.2	94.1	0.3
California	92.8	0.1	92.7	0.1
Colorado	94.1	0.3	94.1	0.4
Connecticut	94.1	0.3	93.7	0.4
Delaware	92.9	0.7	91.2	0.9
District of Columbia	76.2	1.4	76.1	1.6
Florida	93.4	0.1	92.1	0.2
Georgia	92.6	0.2	91.4	0.3
Hawaii	92.5	0.6	94.3	0.6
Idaho	94.8	0.5	96.2	0.5
Illinois	93.5	0.1	93.8	0.2
Indiana	94.9	0.2	95.0	0.2
Iowa	96.2	0.2	96.5	0.3
Kansas	93.7	0.3	93.4	0.4
Kentucky	94.0	0.2	93.5	0.3
Louisiana	92.5	0.3	92.0	0.3
Maine	96.3	0.3	95.3	0.5
Maryland	92.7	0.3	92.5	0.3
Massachusetts	94.4	0.2	94.3	0.2
Michigan	94.7	0.2	95.2	0.2
Minnesota	95.5	0.2	94.8	0.3
Mississippi	92.4	0.3	91.9	0.4
Missouri	93.4	0.2	93.6	0.2
Montana	96.3	0.4	94.1	0.6
Nebraska	96.4	0.3	96.8	0.3
Nevada	91.0	0.6	90.1	0.7
New Hampshire	96.2	0.4	96.3	0.5
New Jersey	95.1	0.2	95.5	0.2
New Mexico	89.6	0.5	90.2	0.6
New York	90.9	0.2	91.5	0.2
North Carolina	94.0	0.2	93.5	0.2
North Dakota	96.6	0.4	95.5	0.6
Ohio	94.4	0.1	94.6	0.2
Oklahoma	93.7	0.2	94.0	0.3
Oregon	95.8	0.3	95.6	0.3
Pennsylvania	94.3	0.1	94.1	0.2
Puerto Rico	61.7	0.8	62.3	1.0
Rhode Island	93.1	0.6	95.8	0.5
South Carolina	94.4	0.2	94.2	0.3
South Dakota	96.5	0.4	96.3	0.5
Tennessee	94.2	0.2	93.8	0.2
Texas	92.9	0.1	92.7	0.2
Utah	94.9	0.4	94.3	0.5
Vermont	97.7	0.4	97.5	0.5
Virginia	94.3	0.2	93.9	0.3
Washington	93.4	0.3	93.9	0.3
West Virginia	92.1	0.3	91.3	0.4
Wisconsin	96.4	0.2	96.8	0.2
Wyoming	95.0	0.6	96.6	0.6

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_3-2: 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_3-2.html