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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 10_1_8.3
Home health care patients who get better at taking their medicines correctly (by mouth), by State, 2005 and 2008a
  2008 2005
State Percent SE Percent SE
Total 40.4 0.2 37.8 0.1
Alabama 45.3 1.0 40.6 0.8
Alaska 39.6 2.5 37.9 2.3
Arizona 39.9 0.9 37.9 1.0
Arkansas 38.7 1.0 36.3 1.0
California 41.5 0.5 39.1 0.5
Colorado 37.3 1.0 34.5 0.9
Connecticut 37.7 1.1 34.3 1.1
Delaware 39.9 3.1 32.0 2.3
District of Columbia 42.2 4.5 43.3 5.1
Florida 40.3 0.6 39.2 0.5
Georgia 45.3 1.1 39.5 0.9
Hawaii 39.1 1.9 35.1 2.0
Idaho 36.7 1.4 34.0 1.5
Illinois 45.1 0.8 42.1 0.7
Indiana 39.8 0.8 36.5 0.8
Iowa 34.5 0.9 34.5 1.1
Kansas 35.9 1.3 33.7 1.0
Kentucky 36.7 0.8 35.7 0.8
Louisiana 42.5 0.8 38.7 0.9
Maine 40.4 1.6 35.4 1.6
Maryland 43.5 1.2 39.1 1.2
Massachusetts 43.5 1.1 36.5 1.0
Michigan 43.4 0.7 41.2 0.7
Minnesota 33.6 0.9 30.5 0.9
Mississippi 46.8 1.3 41.4 1.4
Missouri 40.4 0.9 33.5 0.8
Montana 35.4 1.9 31.7 1.6
Nebraska 36.2 2.0 32.8 1.6
Nevada 44.3 1.5 42.1 1.7
New Hampshire 41.5 2.0 39.8 1.4
New Jersey 45.0 1.1 39.2 1.1
New Mexico 42.3 1.4 44.3 1.5
New York 39.4 0.8 37.0 0.7
North Carolina 35.8 0.6 33.3 0.6
North Dakota 38.6 2.6 32.4 2.3
Ohio 37.2 0.6 33.7 0.6
Oklahoma 38.7 0.8 36.8 0.9
Oregon 38.0 1.0 34.4 1.1
Pennsylvania 41.0 0.7 39.5 0.8
Rhode Island 43.3 2.3 33.6 2.2
South Carolina 43.6 1.2 38.8 0.9
South Dakota 34.0 2.5 40.4 1.9
Tennessee 43.0 0.8 39.1 0.8
Texas 39.7 0.5 38.8 0.5
Utah 45.0 1.8 41.5 1.8
Vermont 35.8 1.5 41.2 2.3
Virginia 39.6 0.8 38.4 0.7
Washington 37.7 0.8 37.4 0.9
West Virginia 38.8 1.2 34.3 1.2
Wisconsin 35.2 1.1 31.8 1.0
Wyoming 33.7 2.6 34.9 2.4

a Data were downloaded from http://www.medicare.gov/Download/DownloadDB.asp in March-April and reflect care delivered mainly in the previous year.

Key: SE: standard error.

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

 

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