Table 1.93b
Percent of Medicare pneumonia patients who have blood cultures collected before antibiotics are administered, by State, 2002 and 2003 |
| |
2003 |
2002 |
| State |
Percent |
Standard error |
Percent |
Standard error |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Total |
81.2 |
0.8 |
81.0 |
0.7 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Alabama |
80.9 |
2.9 |
80.0 |
2.7 |
| Alaska |
87.2 |
2.5 |
82.4 |
2.5 |
| Arizona |
80.0 |
2.9 |
85.9 |
2.5 |
| Arkansas |
84.9 |
2.5 |
82.7 |
2.7 |
| California |
78.4 |
2.8 |
84.9 |
2.3 |
| Colorado |
83.6 |
2.7 |
79.5 |
2.8 |
| Connecticut |
85.1 |
2.6 |
85.3 |
2.4 |
| Delaware |
80.5 |
2.8 |
81.4 |
2.6 |
| District of Columbia |
56.5 |
3.3 |
64.2 |
3.5 |
| Florida |
82.8 |
2.5 |
79.5 |
2.7 |
| Georgia |
79.1 |
2.7 |
76.7 |
3.1 |
| Hawaii |
90.2 |
2.4 |
86.1 |
2.5 |
| Idaho |
90.1 |
2.4 |
85.8 |
2.8 |
| Illinois |
80.9 |
2.8 |
83.3 |
2.7 |
| Indiana |
84.9 |
2.6 |
78.7 |
3.2 |
| Iowa |
82.4 |
2.5 |
87.7 |
2.1 |
| Kansas |
84.0 |
2.5 |
81.3 |
2.7 |
| Kentucky |
79.6 |
2.8 |
78.1 |
3.1 |
| Louisiana |
77.6 |
3.0 |
81.7 |
2.7 |
| Maine |
82.5 |
2.6 |
85.8 |
2.2 |
| Maryland |
78.3 |
2.7 |
76.7 |
2.6 |
| Massachusetts |
78.2 |
3.0 |
75.8 |
2.9 |
| Michigan |
75.7 |
3.0 |
77.0 |
3.2 |
| Minnesota |
84.8 |
2.7 |
83.9 |
2.9 |
| Mississippi |
77.2 |
3.1 |
80.1 |
2.9 |
| Missouri |
78.3 |
2.8 |
80.4 |
2.6 |
| Montana |
87.9 |
2.7 |
81.9 |
2.8 |
| Nebraska |
82.4 |
2.8 |
78.3 |
3.2 |
| Nevada |
71.6 |
3.3 |
65.2 |
3.2 |
| New Hampshire |
87.4 |
2.1 |
85.8 |
2.2 |
| New Jersey |
76.4 |
3.0 |
76.9 |
2.8 |
| New Mexico |
85.7 |
2.4 |
80.7 |
2.5 |
| New York |
73.0 |
3.2 |
80.2 |
2.8 |
| North Carolina |
84.5 |
2.8 |
85.6 |
2.9 |
| North Dakota |
79.3 |
3.1 |
82.4 |
2.9 |
| Ohio |
76.6 |
2.9 |
82.6 |
2.6 |
| Oklahoma |
76.5 |
2.7 |
82.4 |
2.6 |
| Oregon |
83.1 |
2.6 |
85.3 |
2.4 |
| Pennsylvania |
86.5 |
2.3 |
83.7 |
2.4 |
| Puerto Rico |
75.8 |
3.4 |
67.9 |
3.2 |
| Rhode Island |
77.9 |
2.6 |
74.2 |
2.5 |
| South Carolina |
76.3 |
3.1 |
79.5 |
3.0 |
| South Dakota |
83.8 |
2.5 |
81.1 |
2.6 |
| Tennessee |
80.8 |
2.8 |
81.6 |
2.8 |
| Texas |
82.9 |
2.6 |
81.2 |
2.8 |
| Utah |
90.3 |
2.4 |
81.8 |
3.0 |
| Vermont |
83.0 |
2.6 |
85.8 |
2.5 |
| Virginia |
82.9 |
2.8 |
83.5 |
2.6 |
| Washington |
82.9 |
2.8 |
83.7 |
2.5 |
| West Virginia |
82.1 |
2.5 |
78.1 |
2.8 |
| Wisconsin |
85.3 |
2.6 |
87.7 |
2.5 |
| Wyoming |
86.1 |
2.7 |
87.4 |
2.6 |
| |
|
|
|
|
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program.
Return to Contents
540 Gaither Road Rockville, MD 20850 
