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Compared to the U.S., the performance for Texas in quality of care for Medicare compared to privately insured is in the average range.
Compared to the U.S., the performance for Texas in quality of care for Medicaid compared to privately insured is in the average range.
Compared to the U.S., the performance for Texas in quality of care for uninsured compared to privately insured is in the weak range.

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 Texas in quality of care compared to privately insured is in the average range for Medicare, in the average range for Medicaid, and in the weak range 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 41.60 43.41 DSU DSU
Deaths per 1,000 admissions with coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG), age 40 and over 26.20 27.34 31.04 33.82
Deaths per 1,000 discharges for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) 61.27 57.40 75.55 86.30
Deaths per 1,000 adult admissions with congestive heart failure (CHF) 32.69 27.17 24.57 33.28
Deaths per 1,000 adult admissions with pneumonia 38.35 33.12 34.54 48.02
Deaths per 1,000 adults with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), age 40 and over 14.50 14.60 25.28 22.91

 Hospital Safety
 
Deaths per 1,000 admissions in low-mortality DRGs DNC DNC DNC DNC
Iatrogenic pneumothorax per 1,000 discharges DNC DNC DNC DNC
Postoperative septicemia per 1,000 elective surgical discharges of 4 or more days DNC DNC DNC DNC
Postoperative abdominal wound dehiscence per 1,000 discharges DNC DNC DNC DNC

 Hospital Birth/ Obstetrics
 
Birth trauma injury to neonate per 1,000 selected live births DNC DNC DNC DNC
Obstetric trauma per 1,000 instrument-assisted deliveries DNC DNC DNC DNC
Obstetric trauma per 1,000 vaginal deliveries without instrument assistance DNC DNC DNC DNC


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