Table 8_2_1.3
Hospital patients with pneumonia who received recommended hospital care, by State, 2006 and 2007a
| State |
2007 |
2006 |
| Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
| Total |
84.0 |
0.1 |
77.6 |
0.1 |
| Alabama |
81.0 |
0.9 |
74.0 |
1.0 |
| Alaska |
82.7 |
2.8 |
74.3 |
2.7 |
| Arizona |
82.0 |
0.9 |
73.9 |
1.1 |
| Arkansas |
86.1 |
0.7 |
78.5 |
1.1 |
| California |
79.9 |
0.6 |
71.7 |
0.6 |
| Colorado |
84.9 |
1.0 |
80.1 |
1.1 |
| Connecticut |
87.1 |
1.1 |
80.8 |
1.4 |
| Delaware |
85.2 |
1.7 |
78.5 |
2.3 |
| District of Columbia |
67.4 |
4.3 |
54.4 |
4.9 |
| Florida |
83.8 |
0.5 |
74.9 |
0.6 |
| Georgia |
80.7 |
0.7 |
72.4 |
0.8 |
| Hawaii |
78.1 |
2.6 |
70.7 |
2.4 |
| Idaho |
88.2 |
1.5 |
81.2 |
1.7 |
| Illinois |
82.4 |
0.6 |
75.2 |
0.8 |
| Indiana |
86.6 |
0.6 |
81.1 |
0.7 |
| Iowa |
88.7 |
0.7 |
86.2 |
0.7 |
| Kansas |
77.1 |
1.2 |
75.5 |
1.3 |
| Kentucky |
84.8 |
0.7 |
79.9 |
0.7 |
| Louisiana |
78.5 |
1.0 |
71.8 |
1.2 |
| Maine |
90.6 |
0.9 |
83.4 |
1.2 |
| Maryland |
83.6 |
1.0 |
76.9 |
1.1 |
| Massachusetts |
86.4 |
0.7 |
80.4 |
0.8 |
| Michigan |
86.6 |
0.6 |
80.8 |
0.8 |
| Minnesota |
86.2 |
0.8 |
80.3 |
0.9 |
| Mississippi |
78.1 |
1.3 |
73.2 |
1.4 |
| Missouri |
84.7 |
0.7 |
78.3 |
0.8 |
| Montana |
86.9 |
1.3 |
84.1 |
1.4 |
| Nebraska |
87.7 |
1.0 |
84.4 |
1.1 |
| Nevada |
76.1 |
2.0 |
68.2 |
2.2 |
| New Hampshire |
92.9 |
0.6 |
85.6 |
1.2 |
| New Jersey |
91.2 |
0.4 |
86.3 |
0.5 |
| New Mexico |
77.8 |
1.5 |
71.2 |
1.6 |
| New York |
85.3 |
0.4 |
78.6 |
0.6 |
| North Carolina |
84.9 |
0.7 |
79.4 |
0.8 |
| North Dakota |
87.0 |
1.9 |
82.2 |
2.0 |
| Ohio |
87.8 |
0.4 |
82.0 |
0.5 |
| Oklahoma |
83.3 |
1.0 |
78.5 |
1.0 |
| Oregon |
83.0 |
1.1 |
76.1 |
1.3 |
| Pennsylvania |
86.1 |
0.5 |
79.1 |
0.6 |
| Rhode Island |
83.0 |
3.0 |
74.6 |
3.4 |
| South Carolina |
86.9 |
0.7 |
80.9 |
0.8 |
| South Dakota |
86.1 |
1.5 |
82.7 |
1.8 |
| Tennessee |
85.3 |
0.6 |
79.5 |
0.7 |
| Texas |
84.3 |
0.4 |
76.4 |
0.6 |
| Utah |
84.7 |
1.4 |
79.1 |
1.4 |
| Vermont |
92.2 |
1.2 |
84.7 |
1.4 |
| Virginia |
86.4 |
0.7 |
77.3 |
0.8 |
| Washington |
82.1 |
1.0 |
75.2 |
1.1 |
| West Virginia |
82.9 |
1.1 |
78.2 |
1.0 |
| Wisconsin |
89.0 |
0.6 |
85.0 |
0.6 |
| Wyoming |
83.9 |
1.9 |
80.8 |
1.9 |
a Recommended hospital care for pneumonia includes collecting blood cultures before administering the first dose of antibiotics, administering the first dose of antibiotics within 4 hours of patient's arrival at the hospital, administering the recommended empirical antibiotic regimen consistent with current guidelines (excluding health care-associated patients), screening for influenza vaccine status and vaccinating prior to discharge for patients age 50 and over discharged during the winter, and screening for pneumococcal vaccine status and vaccinating prior to discharge for patients age 65 and over.
Key: SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital Compare.
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