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