2007 National Healthcare Quality Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 2.5b

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Table 2.5b
Percent of adult surgery patients who received appropriate timing of antibiotics,^a all payers, by State, 2005

State	2005
State	Percent	Standard error
United States	75.2	0.19
Alabama	75.7	0.3
Alaska	68.7	2.2
Arizona	63.2	0.5
Arkansas	74.1	0.3
California	65.5	0.2
Colorado	76.2	0.6
Connecticut	89.8	0.7
Delaware	82.6	0.5
District of Columbia	69.7	1.3
Florida	72.2	0.2
Georgia	67.9	0.3
Hawaii	59.2	1.1
Idaho	71.3	0.7
Illinois	76.1	0.2
Indiana	70.0	0.3
Iowa	80.6	0.4
Kansas	71.7	0.4
Kentucky	80.0	0.3
Louisiana	67.6	0.5
Maine	81.8	0.4
Maryland	75.7	0.2
Massachusetts	84.7	0.2
Michigan	81.3	0.2
Minnesota	74.8	0.5
Mississippi	68.2	0.3
Missouri	77.6	0.3
Montana	85.8	0.3
Nebraska	81.9	0.4
Nevada	54.6	0.8
New Hampshire	75.7	0.6
New Jersey	83.8	0.2
New Mexico	76.5	0.5
New York	68.9	0.2
North Carolina	80.2	0.2
North Dakota	77.0	0.6
Ohio	67.5	0.3
Oklahoma	83.8	0.3
Oregon	74.9	0.5
Pennsylvania	73.3	0.2
Puerto Rico	59.7	0.5
Rhode Island	86.1	0.9
South Carolina	82.1	0.2
South Dakota	85.2	0.4
Tennessee	76.7	0.3
Texas	69.9	0.2
Utah	68.5	0.5
Vermont	79.2	0.6
Virginia	78.1	0.3
Washington	76.5	0.5
West Virginia	79.4	0.3
Wisconsin	76.3	0.3
Wyoming	78.3	1.3

^a Appropriate timing of antibiotics includes receiving prophylactic antibiotics within 1 hour prior to surgical incision and discontinuing the antibiotics within 24 hours after surgery end time.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program.