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Florida

2007 National Healthcare Quality Report

Ranking on Selected Measures


The following ranking shows how well this State is performing among all the States on 15 important measures of health care quality from the 2007 National Healthcare Quality Report. These measures were selected to represent a broad range of many common diseases.

Measure1 Definition All-State Average2 State Rate State Rank
Cancer
Breast cancer deaths Breast cancer deaths per 100,000 female population per year 24.4 23.6 20
Colorectal cancer deaths Colorectal cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year 17.8 16.6 11
Diabetes
Diabetes flu shots Percent of noninstitutionalized high-risk adults ages 18-64 with diabetes who had an influenza immunization in the past year 36.3 25.2 51
End stage renal disease
Dialysis and good urea reduction - Medicare Percent of Medicare hemodialysis patients with urea reduction ratio 65 percent or higher 92.8 92.6 32
Heart disease
Heart attack - beta blocker at discharge Percent of heart attack patients with a beta-blocker prescribed at discharge, all payers 95.3 92.9 42
Heart attack - ACEI or ARB at discharge Percent of heart attack patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction prescribed an ACE inhibitor or an angiotensin receptor blocker at discharge, all payers 83.9 81.2 41
Maternal and child health
Prenatal care Percent of pregnant women receiving prenatal care in first trimester 83.8 No Data No Data
Children fully vaccinated Percent of children age 19-35 months who received all recommended vaccines (4:3:1:3:3) 81.8 79.3 31
Mental health
Suicide deaths Suicide deaths per 100,000 population 10.4 13.1 33
Respiratory diseases
Pneumonia vaccine ever - age 65 plus Percent of adults age 65 and over who ever received a pneumococcal vaccination 66.0 62.3 42
Nursing home and home health care
Nursing home long-stay residents - physically restrained Percent of long-stay nursing home residents who were physically restrained 4.5 8.6 42
Nursing home long-stay residents - low-risk with pressure sores Percent of low-risk long-stay nursing home residents who have pressure sores 2.2 2.5 28
Home health care - improved mobility Percent of home health care patients who get better at walking or moving around 38.6 39.4 19
Getting appointments for care
Always got appointment for illness/injury - adults on Medicare managed care Percent of adults age 18 and over who reported they always got an appointment for illness/injury as soon as they wanted in last 12 months, Medicare managed care 74.7 68.1 35
Patient experience of care
Always had good communication with providers - adults on Medicare managed care Percent of adults age 18 and over with an ambulatory visit in the last 12 months and whose health providers always listened carefully, explained things clearly, showed respect for what they had to say, and spent enough time with them, Medicare managed care 69.4 65.7 36


1 Further details on measure specifications are available in the NHQR Measure Specifications Appendix.

2 These all-State averages are consistently calculated across all measures and differ slightly from those in the National Healthcare Quality Report. For more information, select the Methods page.