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

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Table 2.5c
Percent of adult surgery patients who received appropriate timing of antibiotics,^a all payers, by State, 2005 and 2006

State	2006	2005
State	Percent^b	Percent^b
Total	75.5	69.1
Alabama	72.5	71.0
Alaska	72.0	57.5
Arizona	74.0	67.0
Arkansas	70.0	70.5
California	68.5	60.0
Colorado	76.5	69.5
Connecticut	81.0	90.0
Delaware	76.5	73.5
District of Columbia	84.5	65.5
Florida	75.0	68.0
Georgia	69.5	64.5
Hawaii	72.0	57.5
Idaho	75.5	72.5
Illinois	75.5	66.0
Indiana	70.5	62.0
Iowa	73.5	71.5
Kansas	74.5	65.5
Kentucky	73.5	62.0
Louisiana	63.0	59.0
Maine	79.5	74.5
Maryland	76.0	69.5
Massachusetts	85.5	75.5
Michigan	81.5	77.5
Minnesota	78.5	65.5
Mississippi	75.0	60.5
Missouri	72.0	72.5
Montana	85.5	79.5
Nebraska	79.0	71.5
Nevada	82.0	50.0
New Hampshire	83.0	69.0
New Jersey	78.5	75.0
New Mexico	83.0	71.5
New York	73.5	69.0
North Carolina	58.0	73.0
North Dakota	76.5	80.0
Ohio	72.0	64.5
Oklahoma	78.5	79.0
Oregon	68.5	75.0
Pennsylvania	73.0	62.5
Rhode Island	84.5	85.0
South Carolina	78.5	73.5
South Dakota	85.5	79.5
Tennessee	70.5	68.0
Texas	67.5	62.0
Utah	69.5	60.0
Vermont	75.5	73.5
Virginia	77.5	64.0
Washington	77.5	74.5
West Virginia	81.5	66.5
Wisconsin	72.5	71.5
Wyoming	75.5	58.5

^a Appropriate timing of antibiotics includes receiving preventative antibiotic(s) 1 hour before incision and discontinuing the antibiotics within 24 hours after surgery end time. Estimates are the mean State percentages of the related measures.

^b State average percent precalculated and supplied as part of the Hospital Compare database. The 2005 data reflect care for the period July 2004 to June 2005; the 2006 data reflect care for the period April 2005 to March 2006.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital Compare.