Table 1.128
Percent of improvement in dyspneaa for home health episodes, by State, 2002 and 2004 |
| |
2004 |
2002 |
| State |
Observed percent |
Risk adjusted percentb |
Standard error of observed percent |
Observed percent |
Risk adjusted percentb |
Standard error of observed percent |
| United States |
57.5 |
|
0.04 |
53.2 |
|
0.04 |
| Alabama |
59.0 |
55.7 |
0.28 |
51.2 |
47.8 |
0.29 |
| Alaska |
47.8 |
53.8 |
1.57 |
44.5 |
50.8 |
1.60 |
| Arizona |
61.4 |
60.2 |
0.36 |
60.3 |
59.8 |
0.40 |
| Arkansas |
53.0 |
51.1 |
0.42 |
47.6 |
45.6 |
0.42 |
| California |
60.2 |
61.4 |
0.13 |
54.1 |
55.9 |
0.14 |
| Colorado |
52.7 |
58.4 |
0.37 |
50.2 |
56.9 |
0.42 |
| Connecticut |
55.3 |
59.3 |
0.32 |
53.7 |
57.3 |
0.34 |
| Delaware |
58.9 |
59.3 |
0.73 |
58.5 |
59.2 |
0.66 |
| District of Columbia |
66.4 |
69.2 |
1.16 |
61.8 |
62.3 |
1.04 |
| Florida |
58.0 |
55.9 |
0.12 |
55.4 |
52.5 |
0.13 |
| Georgia |
61.3 |
58.7 |
0.27 |
55.6 |
52.3 |
0.28 |
| Hawaii |
60.6 |
67.6 |
1.08 |
55.4 |
61.0 |
1.05 |
| Idaho |
49.5 |
53.1 |
0.67 |
50.7 |
54.4 |
0.73 |
| Illinois |
60.7 |
61.3 |
0.19 |
55.1 |
56.2 |
0.20 |
| Indiana |
56.3 |
56.7 |
0.31 |
52.0 |
52.3 |
0.33 |
| Iowa |
51.1 |
51.5 |
0.45 |
46.4 |
48.4 |
0.47 |
| Kansas |
54.9 |
56.7 |
0.47 |
44.6 |
47.5 |
0.52 |
| Kentucky |
52.6 |
51.6 |
0.30 |
48.0 |
45.9 |
0.30 |
| Louisiana |
49.5 |
45.9 |
0.30 |
46.1 |
42.6 |
0.31 |
| Maine |
54.1 |
55.3 |
0.49 |
51.9 |
53.3 |
0.52 |
| Maryland |
62.8 |
63.3 |
0.33 |
57.7 |
57.7 |
0.35 |
| Massachusetts |
55.4 |
57.5 |
0.21 |
51.2 |
53.1 |
0.22 |
| Michigan |
61.2 |
60.9 |
0.18 |
57.7 |
57.4 |
0.19 |
| Minnesota |
55.4 |
56.9 |
0.41 |
51.6 |
53.2 |
0.45 |
| Mississippi |
57.8 |
54.0 |
0.34 |
51.9 |
47.1 |
0.36 |
| Missouri |
57.7 |
57.7 |
0.25 |
54.1 |
54.2 |
0.26 |
| Montana |
49.8 |
55.6 |
0.84 |
45.2 |
49.6 |
0.85 |
| Nebraska |
56.6 |
59.7 |
0.59 |
48.4 |
51.9 |
0.63 |
| Nevada |
57.2 |
57.9 |
0.52 |
54.9 |
55.3 |
0.61 |
| New Hampshire |
55.7 |
57.4 |
0.60 |
53.2 |
54.0 |
0.62 |
| New Jersey |
61.2 |
62.0 |
0.23 |
59.8 |
60.5 |
0.24 |
| New Mexico |
59.5 |
63.8 |
0.59 |
57.6 |
62.9 |
0.61 |
| New York |
59.5 |
61.5 |
0.16 |
54.7 |
57.8 |
0.17 |
| North Carolina |
60.6 |
59.7 |
0.23 |
56.5 |
55.4 |
0.25 |
| North Dakota |
57.3 |
57.7 |
0.86 |
48.7 |
48.7 |
0.86 |
| Ohio |
57.1 |
57.2 |
0.19 |
53.4 |
53.7 |
0.21 |
| Oklahoma |
50.7 |
47.4 |
0.33 |
45.2 |
41.8 |
0.35 |
| Oregon |
56.5 |
60.6 |
0.41 |
53.3 |
57.1 |
0.42 |
| Pennsylvania |
57.7 |
58.5 |
0.14 |
52.1 |
53.2 |
0.16 |
| Rhode Island |
63.2 |
63.1 |
0.50 |
57.5 |
60.3 |
0.55 |
| South Carolina |
65.5 |
64.3 |
0.36 |
59.5 |
57.5 |
0.37 |
| South Dakota |
52.0 |
55.6 |
0.88 |
46.5 |
50.4 |
0.93 |
| Tennessee |
55.5 |
53.7 |
0.24 |
51.4 |
49.1 |
0.25 |
| Texas |
51.3 |
49.0 |
0.14 |
46.4 |
43.5 |
0.16 |
| Utah |
61.2 |
62.3 |
0.47 |
58.1 |
59.5 |
0.51 |
| Vermont |
57.6 |
60.3 |
0.78 |
52.0 |
55.1 |
0.86 |
| Virginia |
57.6 |
57.7 |
0.27 |
54.0 |
54.0 |
0.28 |
| Washington |
57.5 |
60.0 |
0.34 |
53.1 |
55.9 |
0.36 |
| West Virginia |
51.5 |
53.2 |
0.48 |
45.8 |
47.1 |
0.49 |
| Wisconsin |
53.2 |
56.5 |
0.37 |
52.0 |
55.7 |
0.40 |
| Wyoming |
51.5 |
58.0 |
1.31 |
44.5 |
51.2 |
1.38 |
a Consumer language for this measure is: Percentage of patients who are short of breath less often. The CMS report results of testing this language is available at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/OASIS/.
b Only observed national rate reported as in Home Health Compare.
Source: Calculated by the Center for Health Services and Policy Research, University of Colorado, from Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) data.
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