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Maine

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Compared to the U.S., the performance for Maine in quality of care for Medicare compared to privately insured is in the average range.
Compared to the U.S., the performance for Maine in quality of care for Medicaid compared to privately insured is in the average range.
Compared to the U.S., the performance for Maine in quality of care for uninsured compared to privately insured is not available because of insufficient data.

The position of the solid triangle represents the State’s performance score for the most recent data year.

Compared to the U.S., the performance for Maine in quality of care compared to privately insured is in the average range for Medicare, in the average range for Medicaid, and not available because of insufficient data for the uninsured.

Quality of Hospital Care by Expected Primary Payer
These AHRQ Inpatient Quality Indicators and Patient Safety Indicators refer to inpatient deaths and potentially avoidable complications. For each measure, a higher number of admissions signals poorer quality of hospital care.
 
 Hospital Care Measures
 		 Privately
Insured		 Medicare Medicaid Uninsured

 Hospital Mortality
 
Deaths per 1,000 admissions with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair DSU 63.05 DSU DSU
Deaths per 1,000 admissions with coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG), age 40 and over 55.08 34.28 DSU DSU
Deaths per 1,000 discharges for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) 86.71 70.90 DSU DSU
Deaths per 1,000 adult admissions with congestive heart failure (CHF) DSU 39.33 DSU DSU
Deaths per 1,000 adult admissions with pneumonia 72.13 47.78 65.14 DSU
Deaths per 1,000 adults with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), age 40 and over DSU 10.19 DSU DSU

 Hospital Safety
 
Deaths per 1,000 admissions in low-mortality DRGs DSU DSU DSU 12.85
Iatrogenic pneumothorax per 1,000 discharges 0.63 0.76 DSU 1.70
Selected infections due to medical care per 1,000 discharges 1.99 2.09 3.42 DSU
Postoperative septicemia per 1,000 elective surgical discharges of 4 or more days DSU 11.56 DSU DSU
Postoperative abdominal wound dehiscence per 1,000 discharges 3.32 3.68 6.34 DSU

 Hospital Birth/ Obstetrics
 
Birth trauma injury to neonate per 1,000 selected live births 3.51 DSU 3.75 DSU
Obstetric trauma per 1,000 instrument-assisted deliveries 202.61 DSU 134.49 DSU
Obstetric trauma per 1,000 vaginal deliveries without instrument assistance 50.70 DSU 25.43 DSU
Obstetric trauma per 1,000 Cesarean deliveries 5.33 DSU DSU DSU


DSU:  Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
DNC:  Data were not collected.