Table 2.6b
Percent of adult surgery patients who received prophylactic antibiotics within 1 hour prior to surgical incision, all payers, by State, 2005 |
| State |
Percent |
Standard error |
| United States |
80.8 |
0.9 |
| Alabama |
84.3 |
0.3 |
| Alaska |
64.8 |
3.2 |
| Arizona |
73.6 |
0.6 |
| Arkansas |
77.8 |
0.4 |
| California |
72.8 |
0.3 |
| Colorado |
80.6 |
0.8 |
| Connecticut |
90.0 |
1.0 |
| Delaware |
87.6 |
0.6 |
| District of Columbia |
84.2 |
1.5 |
| Florida |
80.0 |
0.2 |
| Georgia |
74.6 |
0.4 |
| Hawaii |
63.2 |
1.5 |
| Idaho |
79.6 |
0.8 |
| Illinois |
84.0 |
0.2 |
| Indiana |
78.6 |
0.3 |
| Iowa |
85.2 |
0.5 |
| Kansas |
82.5 |
0.5 |
| Kentucky |
84.4 |
0.4 |
| Louisiana |
76.7 |
0.7 |
| Maine |
83.0 |
0.6 |
| Maryland |
84.5 |
0.3 |
| Massachusetts |
89.9 |
0.3 |
| Michigan |
84.3 |
0.2 |
| Minnesota |
80.1 |
0.6 |
| Mississippi |
75.3 |
0.4 |
| Missouri |
85.8 |
0.3 |
| Montana |
90.1 |
0.4 |
| Nebraska |
88.2 |
0.5 |
| Nevada |
70.0 |
1.0 |
| New Hampshire |
76.9 |
0.8 |
| New Jersey |
88.4 |
0.2 |
| New Mexico |
80.7 |
0.6 |
| New York |
73.9 |
0.3 |
| North Carolina |
85.5 |
0.3 |
| North Dakota |
86.6 |
0.7 |
| Ohio |
78.6 |
0.4 |
| Oklahoma |
85.3 |
0.4 |
| Oregon |
77.5 |
0.6 |
| Pennsylvania |
77.5 |
0.3 |
| Puerto Rico |
63.1 |
0.7 |
| Rhode Island |
93.9 |
0.9 |
| South Carolina |
87.7 |
0.3 |
| South Dakota |
86.2 |
0.6 |
| Tennessee |
81.4 |
0.4 |
| Texas |
74.2 |
0.3 |
| Utah |
74.3 |
0.7 |
| Vermont |
82.5 |
0.8 |
| Virginia |
83.4 |
0.4 |
| Washington |
81.0 |
0.7 |
| West Virginia |
82.5 |
0.4 |
| Wisconsin |
86.1 |
0.3 |
| Wyoming |
79.0 |
1.8 |
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program.
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