Percent of Medicare pneumonia patients who have blood cultures collected before antibiotics are administered, by State, 2002 and 2003 |
2003 | 2002 | |||
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State | Percent | Standard error | Percent | Standard error |
Total | 81.2 | 0.8 | 81.0 | 0.7 |
Alabama | 80.9 | 2.9 | 80.0 | 2.7 |
Alaska | 87.2 | 2.5 | 82.4 | 2.5 |
Arizona | 80.0 | 2.9 | 85.9 | 2.5 |
Arkansas | 84.9 | 2.5 | 82.7 | 2.7 |
California | 78.4 | 2.8 | 84.9 | 2.3 |
Colorado | 83.6 | 2.7 | 79.5 | 2.8 |
Connecticut | 85.1 | 2.6 | 85.3 | 2.4 |
Delaware | 80.5 | 2.8 | 81.4 | 2.6 |
District of Columbia | 56.5 | 3.3 | 64.2 | 3.5 |
Florida | 82.8 | 2.5 | 79.5 | 2.7 |
Georgia | 79.1 | 2.7 | 76.7 | 3.1 |
Hawaii | 90.2 | 2.4 | 86.1 | 2.5 |
Idaho | 90.1 | 2.4 | 85.8 | 2.8 |
Illinois | 80.9 | 2.8 | 83.3 | 2.7 |
Indiana | 84.9 | 2.6 | 78.7 | 3.2 |
Iowa | 82.4 | 2.5 | 87.7 | 2.1 |
Kansas | 84.0 | 2.5 | 81.3 | 2.7 |
Kentucky | 79.6 | 2.8 | 78.1 | 3.1 |
Louisiana | 77.6 | 3.0 | 81.7 | 2.7 |
Maine | 82.5 | 2.6 | 85.8 | 2.2 |
Maryland | 78.3 | 2.7 | 76.7 | 2.6 |
Massachusetts | 78.2 | 3.0 | 75.8 | 2.9 |
Michigan | 75.7 | 3.0 | 77.0 | 3.2 |
Minnesota | 84.8 | 2.7 | 83.9 | 2.9 |
Mississippi | 77.2 | 3.1 | 80.1 | 2.9 |
Missouri | 78.3 | 2.8 | 80.4 | 2.6 |
Montana | 87.9 | 2.7 | 81.9 | 2.8 |
Nebraska | 82.4 | 2.8 | 78.3 | 3.2 |
Nevada | 71.6 | 3.3 | 65.2 | 3.2 |
New Hampshire | 87.4 | 2.1 | 85.8 | 2.2 |
New Jersey | 76.4 | 3.0 | 76.9 | 2.8 |
New Mexico | 85.7 | 2.4 | 80.7 | 2.5 |
New York | 73.0 | 3.2 | 80.2 | 2.8 |
North Carolina | 84.5 | 2.8 | 85.6 | 2.9 |
North Dakota | 79.3 | 3.1 | 82.4 | 2.9 |
Ohio | 76.6 | 2.9 | 82.6 | 2.6 |
Oklahoma | 76.5 | 2.7 | 82.4 | 2.6 |
Oregon | 83.1 | 2.6 | 85.3 | 2.4 |
Pennsylvania | 86.5 | 2.3 | 83.7 | 2.4 |
Puerto Rico | 75.8 | 3.4 | 67.9 | 3.2 |
Rhode Island | 77.9 | 2.6 | 74.2 | 2.5 |
South Carolina | 76.3 | 3.1 | 79.5 | 3.0 |
South Dakota | 83.8 | 2.5 | 81.1 | 2.6 |
Tennessee | 80.8 | 2.8 | 81.6 | 2.8 |
Texas | 82.9 | 2.6 | 81.2 | 2.8 |
Utah | 90.3 | 2.4 | 81.8 | 3.0 |
Vermont | 83.0 | 2.6 | 85.8 | 2.5 |
Virginia | 82.9 | 2.8 | 83.5 | 2.6 |
Washington | 82.9 | 2.8 | 83.7 | 2.5 |
West Virginia | 82.1 | 2.5 | 78.1 | 2.8 |
Wisconsin | 85.3 | 2.6 | 87.7 | 2.5 |
Wyoming | 86.1 | 2.7 | 87.4 | 2.6 |
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program.