Table 9_2

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Table 9_2_1.3
Home health care patients who get better at taking their medicines correctly (by mouth), by State, 2005 and 2007^a
State	2007			2005
State	Number of providers	Percent	SE	Number of providers	Percent	SE
Total	8,972	40.5	0.16	6,049	37.8	0.1
Alabama	143	46.8	0.96	137	40.6	0.8
Alaska	16	39.7	3.06	10	37.9	2.3
Arizona	85	39.8	0.98	66	37.9	1.0
Arkansas	172	42.1	1.09	111	36.3	1.0
California	649	40.7	0.52	514	39.1	0.5
Colorado	134	35.0	1.12	96	34.5	0.9
Connecticut	82	36.6	1.08	73	34.3	1.1
Delaware	18	37.4	2.95	14	32.0	2.3
District of Columbia	23	43.0	3.66	12	43.3	5.1
Florida	803	40.6	0.58	497	39.2	0.5
Georgia	98	43.1	1.06	90	39.5	0.9
Hawaii	14	37.3	1.50	14	35.1	2.0
Idaho	48	36.1	1.89	45	34.0	1.5
Illinois	483	43.8	0.74	279	42.1	0.7
Indiana	186	38.8	0.85	124	36.5	0.8
Iowa	175	33.8	1.07	108	34.5	1.1
Kansas	129	37.2	1.33	84	33.7	1.0
Kentucky	102	37.7	0.87	96	35.7	0.8
Louisiana	218	43.5	1.00	158	38.7	0.9
Maine	29	39.5	1.66	26	35.4	1.6
Maryland	48	41.2	1.10	44	39.1	1.2
Massachusetts	127	42.4	1.21	95	36.5	1.0
Michigan	380	42.8	0.73	244	41.2	0.7
Minnesota	200	31.7	0.98	110	30.5	0.9
Mississippi	54	44.7	1.48	49	41.4	1.4
Missouri	167	41.0	0.98	134	33.5	0.8
Montana	35	36.9	2.20	29	31.7	1.6
Nebraska	68	34.2	1.67	42	32.8	1.6
Nevada	68	48.3	1.92	46	42.1	1.7
New Hampshire	36	44.0	1.86	29	39.8	1.4
New Jersey	49	43.7	0.97	48	39.2	1.1
New Mexico	66	43.2	1.40	53	44.3	1.5
New York	185	38.7	0.80	152	37.0	0.7
North Carolina	168	35.0	0.62	157	33.3	0.6
North Dakota	23	43.4	2.33	23	32.4	2.3
Ohio	467	35.8	0.67	261	33.7	0.6
Oklahoma	214	38.9	0.91	151	36.8	0.9
Oregon	56	36.6	1.03	57	34.4	1.1
Pennsylvania	295	42.7	0.75	223	39.5	0.8
Rhode Island	22	38.0	1.99	20	33.6	2.2
South Carolina	67	41.7	1.27	61	38.8	0.9
South Dakota	39	38.9	1.66	22	40.4	1.9
Tennessee	139	45.0	0.99	126	39.1	0.8
Texas	1,798	41.5	0.49	866	38.8	0.5
Utah	68	45.9	1.82	43	41.5	1.8
Vermont	12	39.8	2.47	11	41.2	2.3
Virginia	185	39.5	0.82	142	38.4	0.7
Washington	60	37.6	1.16	56	37.4	0.9
West Virginia	61	38.8	1.20	55	34.3	1.2
Wisconsin	126	34.9	1.22	83	31.8	1.0
Wyoming	27	30.2	2.41	15	34.9	2.4

^a Data were downloaded from http://www.medicare.gov/Download/DownloadDB.asp on March 31, 2006, for the 2005 estimates and on April 18, 2008, for the 2007 estimates.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Outcome and Assessment Information Set.