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2008 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 9_2_10.3
Home health care patients who stay at home after an episode of home health care ends, by State, 2005 and 2007a
State 2007 2005
Number of providers Percent SE Number of providers Percent SE
Total 8,972 63.7 0.15 6,981 64.6 0.2
Alabama 143 65.2 0.80 140 64.2 0.8
Alaska 16 73.9 2.33 12 74.8 3.3
Arizona 85 67.7 1.16 67 69.7 1.1
Arkansas 172 59.6 0.83 161 60.1 0.9
California 649 69.7 0.43 539 71.0 0.4
Colorado 134 66.1 1.09 113 66.5 1.0
Connecticut 82 59.9 1.34 80 59.3 1.3
Delaware 18 68.3 1.72 14 68.3 2.7
District of Columbia 23 72.1 2.97 15 66.9 2.2
Florida 803 70.6 0.37 531 70.6 0.4
Georgia 98 68.7 0.90 95 66.6 1.1
Hawaii 14 73.6 2.35 14 72.9 1.9
Idaho 48 69.4 1.31 49 69.6 1.1
Illinois 483 62.7 0.60 304 65.9 0.6
Indiana 186 61.4 0.89 146 63.3 1.0
Iowa 175 57.9 1.17 162 59.2 0.9
Kansas 129 66.1 1.26 111 66.2 1.0
Kentucky 102 63.0 0.87 99 64.3 0.9
Louisiana 218 51.6 0.88 204 50.2 0.9
Maine 29 68.9 2.07 28 69.9 1.7
Maryland 48 72.2 0.87 45 71.7 0.8
Massachusetts 127 62.9 1.03 103 61.7 0.9
Michigan 380 67.7 0.48 257 69.1 0.5
Minnesota 200 61.9 1.19 163 62.0 1.2
Mississippi 54 55.6 1.47 54 57.2 1.5
Missouri 167 69.0 0.77 146 68.7 0.8
Montana 35 71.0 1.60 34 70.0 1.7
Nebraska 68 70.5 1.07 57 70.6 1.3
Nevada 68 66.7 1.21 50 68.6 1.0
New Hampshire 36 66.2 1.70 33 62.2 1.7
New Jersey 49 70.0 0.86 48 68.2 0.9
New Mexico 66 65.8 1.35 59 66.3 1.3
New York 185 57.5 1.40 183 56.8 1.4
North Carolina 168 65.7 0.62 162 66.1 0.6
North Dakota 23 73.8 3.01 25 72.8 2.5
Ohio 467 59.1 0.72 322 61.9 0.7
Oklahoma 214 54.2 0.89 187 56.6 0.9
Oregon 56 74.5 0.95 59 75.0 0.9
Pennsylvania 295 71.7 0.58 237 70.7 0.6
Rhode Island 22 64.7 2.37 21 64.8 2.0
South Carolina 67 64.8 1.04 65 64.4 1.0
South Dakota 39 72.6 1.98 34 73.7 1.8
Tennessee 139 63.8 0.76 133 63.6 0.8
Texas 1,798 56.6 0.34 1,122 58.8 0.4
Utah 68 71.9 1.06 46 70.1 1.2
Vermont 12 65.8 1.42 12 61.3 1.9
Virginia 185 67.9 0.74 150 70.2 0.7
Washington 60 75.1 0.77 57 74.7 0.8
West Virginia 61 69.3 1.21 57 69.8 1.2
Wisconsin 126 68.9 1.15 102 67.8 1.2
Wyoming 27 68.9 1.83 22 67.8 1.6

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.

 

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