Table T5_2_1_3-3

2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

This appendix provides detailed data tables for all measures analyzed for the 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Tables are included for measures discussed in the main text of the reports as well as for other measures that were examined but not included in the main text.

Table 5_2_1_3.3
Adult hospital patients who sometimes or never had good communication about medications they received in the hospital,^a by State, 2009–2011
	2011			2010			2009
State	Sample size	Percent	SE	Sample size	Percent	SE	Sample size	Percent	SE
Total	2,815,214	11.50	0.02	2,696,888	12.0	0.06	2,443,802	12.7	0.02
Alabama	52,149	8.75	0.12	55,846	9.3	0.40	53,619	9.6	0.13
Alaska	5,228	8.77	0.39	4,908	9.1	1.36	4,463	10.3	0.45
Arizona	54,947	11.30	0.14	49,089	12.6	0.42	47,573	13.6	0.16
Arkansas	35,983	10.96	0.16	36,114	11.3	0.50	35,028	12.2	0.17
California	301,981	12.43	0.06	298,263	13.3	0.17	262,258	13.8	0.07
Colorado	45,729	9.88	0.14	41,272	10.8	0.46	35,662	11.1	0.17
Connecticut	30,553	12.87	0.19	32,221	13.1	0.52	30,088	13.3	0.20
Delaware	4,408	12.06	0.49	4,900	12.6	1.34	4,666	13.4	0.50
District of Columbia	4,490	12.81	0.50	5,562	14.0	1.24	4,891	15.6	0.52
Florida	173,657	14.02	0.08	159,465	14.5	0.23	108,048	16.2	0.11
Georgia	74,655	11.29	0.12	69,182	11.8	0.36	59,935	12.8	0.14
Hawaii	14,774	9.99	0.25	15,139	10.7	0.77	14,677	11.1	0.26
Idaho	13,400	9.51	0.25	12,399	9.9	0.85	9,732	10.8	0.31
Illinois	132,592	12.42	0.09	130,539	12.9	0.26	122,563	13.6	0.10
Indiana	68,554	11.29	0.12	62,872	11.5	0.38	59,558	12.2	0.13
Iowa	32,150	9.70	0.17	30,298	10.5	0.54	29,630	10.6	0.18
Kansas	33,505	9.82	0.16	30,799	10.6	0.54	27,094	11.2	0.19
Kentucky	46,866	9.50	0.14	47,287	10.2	0.44	41,573	10.9	0.15
Louisiana	47,404	9.25	0.13	44,853	9.6	0.45	43,717	10.4	0.15
Maine	12,536	9.54	0.26	13,915	10.1	0.80	14,066	10.0	0.25
Maryland	40,358	11.94	0.16	39,019	12.2	0.47	42,522	13.2	0.16
Massachusetts	65,342	10.94	0.12	63,337	11.1	0.37	65,748	12.0	0.13
Michigan	95,146	12.29	0.11	71,602	11.9	0.35	68,415	12.7	0.13
Minnesota	64,344	10.63	0.12	64,798	11.3	0.37	61,413	11.6	0.13
Mississippi	29,991	10.15	0.17	30,548	10.2	0.54	27,546	10.9	0.19
Missouri	55,617	11.67	0.14	54,287	12.2	0.40	45,556	12.9	0.16
Montana	11,702	10.84	0.29	10,124	11.2	0.94	9,481	11.6	0.33
Nebraska	24,093	9.39	0.19	22,964	10.5	0.62	23,079	10.7	0.20
Nevada	21,897	13.18	0.23	22,710	14.0	0.62	13,087	15.6	0.32
New Hampshire	10,565	10.38	0.30	10,901	11.2	0.90	10,124	12.2	0.33
New Jersey	59,775	13.02	0.14	57,421	13.5	0.39	55,523	14.2	0.15
New Mexico	16,033	10.87	0.25	15,859	11.2	0.75	15,649	11.8	0.26
New York	134,308	12.79	0.09	121,277	13.7	0.27	117,799	14.3	0.10
North Carolina	55,608	9.70	0.13	57,416	10.1	0.40	50,980	10.4	0.13
North Dakota	5,539	11.23	0.42	5,544	12.1	1.26	5,186	12.0	0.45
Ohio	163,187	12.46	0.08	162,681	13.2	0.23	159,134	13.9	0.09
Oklahoma	41,290	9.95	0.15	40,808	10.4	0.47	39,458	11.0	0.16
Oregon	32,948	10.56	0.17	27,304	11.5	0.57	26,942	12.0	0.20
Pennsylvania	124,859	12.96	0.10	132,825	13.1	0.26	142,126	14.0	0.09
Rhode Island	10,165	13.19	0.34	10,767	13.5	0.90	10,235	13.7	0.34
South Carolina	40,534	10.29	0.15	37,159	11.1	0.49	27,294	11.8	0.19
South Dakota	11,805	8.36	0.25	11,349	8.4	0.90	11,155	8.6	0.27
Tennessee	55,966	9.92	0.13	56,933	10.7	0.40	49,500	11.6	0.14
Texas	218,858	10.85	0.07	202,849	11.3	0.21	168,801	12.3	0.08
Utah	26,404	8.03	0.17	24,493	9.0	0.61	20,670	9.8	0.21
Vermont	6,902	9.59	0.35	5,542	9.9	1.27	5,612	10.1	0.40
Virgin Islands	169	9.76	2.28	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Virginia	65,995	11.34	0.12	58,383	12.0	0.39	41,385	12.8	0.16
Washington	40,764	11.37	0.16	38,245	11.5	0.48	34,450	12.2	0.18
West Virginia	25,873	12.20	0.20	26,544	12.4	0.57	21,565	12.5	0.23
Wisconsin	66,015	9.74	0.12	61,004	9.9	0.38	57,858	10.4	0.13
Wyoming	7,601	10.11	0.35	7,132	9.6	1.13	6,611	10.4	0.38

^a Good communication about medications means hospital staff explained clearly about effects and possible side effects of medications.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems.

Page last reviewed June 2013

Internet Citation: Table T5_2_1_3-3: 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. June 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr12/5_patientcenteredness/T5_2_1_3-3.html