Table 1.102b
Percent of pneumonia patients who had blood cultures collected before antibiotics were administered, all payers, by State, 2005 |
| State |
Percent |
Standard error |
| United States |
82.5 |
0.6 |
| Alabama |
79.6 |
0.4 |
| Alaska |
87.4 |
1.2 |
| Arizona |
78.5 |
0.4 |
| Arkansas |
84.4 |
0.4 |
| California |
82.0 |
0.2 |
| Colorado |
83.2 |
0.5 |
| Connecticut |
84.1 |
0.4 |
| Delaware |
78.7 |
1.0 |
| District of Columbia |
70.9 |
1.2 |
| Florida |
82.3 |
0.2 |
| Georgia |
80.7 |
0.3 |
| Hawaii |
84.0 |
0.7 |
| Idaho |
85.9 |
0.8 |
| Illinois |
83.9 |
0.2 |
| Indiana |
83.5 |
0.3 |
| Iowa |
85.3 |
0.4 |
| Kansas |
84.8 |
0.5 |
| Kentucky |
82.3 |
0.3 |
| Louisiana |
80.4 |
0.4 |
| Maine |
83.1 |
0.6 |
| Maryland |
82.8 |
0.3 |
| Massachusetts |
81.5 |
0.3 |
| Michigan |
83.4 |
0.2 |
| Minnesota |
82.8 |
0.4 |
| Mississippi |
83.4 |
0.4 |
| Missouri |
84.1 |
0.3 |
| Montana |
87.0 |
0.7 |
| Nebraska |
86.5 |
0.5 |
| Nevada |
69.4 |
0.8 |
| New Hampshire |
82.7 |
0.7 |
| New Jersey |
90.1 |
0.2 |
| New Mexico |
81.9 |
0.6 |
| New York |
81.5 |
0.2 |
| North Carolina |
84.0 |
0.3 |
| North Dakota |
83.9 |
0.9 |
| Ohio |
83.8 |
0.2 |
| Oklahoma |
85.0 |
0.3 |
| Oregon |
82.3 |
0.5 |
| Pennsylvania |
84.2 |
0.2 |
| Puerto Rico |
65.4 |
0.7 |
| Rhode Island |
82.9 |
0.8 |
| South Carolina |
84.6 |
0.4 |
| South Dakota |
82.9 |
0.8 |
| Tennessee |
81.2 |
0.3 |
| Texas |
82.4 |
0.2 |
| Utah |
82.2 |
0.6 |
| Vermont |
86.0 |
1.0 |
| Virginia |
84.3 |
0.3 |
| Washington |
84.4 |
0.4 |
| West Virginia |
80.9 |
0.4 |
| Wisconsin |
86.7 |
0.3 |
| Wyoming |
82.9 |
1.1 |
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program.
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