Table 9_1_12-3

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 9_1_12.3
Long-stay nursing home residents who lose too much weight, by State, 2004 and 2007^a
State	2007				2004
	Number of nursing homes				Number of nursing homes
	Total	With score^b	Percent^b	SE	Total	With score^b	Percent^b	SE
Total	15,811	13,523	8.4	0.0	16,119	13,734	8.6	0.0
Alabama	232	219	8.8	0.3	229	216	9.5	0.4
Alaska	15	5	6.8	0.7	14	5	8.0	0.8
Arizona	135	108	8.3	0.5	133	114	8.5	0.4
Arkansas	235	218	8.1	0.3	237	211	9.3	0.4
California	1,265	1,023	7.5	0.2	1,309	1,038	7.4	0.2
Colorado	210	175	8.7	0.4	215	177	8.5	0.4
Connecticut	244	232	7.7	0.3	247	233	8.5	0.3
Delaware	44	38	8.5	0.7	42	36	7.5	0.6
District of Columbia	20	17	7.3	0.8	20	17	9.3	0.7
Florida	678	618	8.6	0.2	691	620	9.3	0.2
Georgia	359	334	9.2	0.3	362	339	9.4	0.3
Hawaii	46	33	8.4	0.9	45	32	8.7	0.7
Idaho	77	52	8.4	0.7	80	57	9.2	0.7
Illinois	799	677	9.7	0.2	815	687	8.8	0.2
Indiana	511	436	8.5	0.2	509	438	8.3	0.2
Iowa	452	380	6.2	0.2	457	389	6.6	0.2
Kansas	350	266	7.7	0.3	367	286	7.4	0.3
Kentucky	291	246	10.0	0.3	295	243	10.6	0.3
Louisiana	292	261	9.2	0.3	307	281	10.5	0.3
Maine	113	78	9.6	0.6	116	85	9.4	0.6
Maryland	233	205	8.2	0.3	241	201	8.1	0.3
Massachusetts	446	391	7.4	0.2	467	399	7.9	0.2
Michigan	425	374	9.0	0.3	429	385	8.8	0.2
Minnesota	393	364	7.2	0.2	415	385	8.2	0.2
Mississippi	203	187	8.5	0.4	205	182	9.1	0.4
Missouri	515	441	8.0	0.3	521	439	8.2	0.3
Montana	92	59	8.3	0.6	101	62	8.5	0.6
Nebraska	225	168	7.5	0.3	227	186	7.5	0.3
Nevada	48	37	8.5	0.8	43	33	9.6	0.9
New Hampshire	81	71	8.4	0.5	82	72	7.9	0.5
New Jersey	361	320	9.1	0.3	358	311	9.7	0.3
New Mexico	72	61	9.5	0.9	80	64	9.5	0.6
New York	657	620	7.9	0.2	661	627	7.9	0.1
North Carolina	421	373	9.7	0.3	422	368	10.5	0.3
North Dakota	83	71	7.7	0.5	83	72	7.0	0.5
Ohio	956	840	8.5	0.2	979	840	8.5	0.2
Oklahoma	327	231	8.8	0.4	364	259	7.6	0.4
Oregon	138	99	9.7	0.6	138	100	9.9	0.6
Pennsylvania	715	615	8.4	0.2	723	630	8.6	0.2
Rhode Island	86	75	6.8	0.4	95	79	7.4	0.6
South Carolina	174	149	9.2	0.4	177	144	9.8	0.4
South Dakota	110	101	8.3	0.6	111	101	7.4	0.5
Tennessee	323	290	9.7	0.3	332	289	10.3	0.3
Texas	1,142	930	7.2	0.2	1,137	947	7.6	0.2
Utah	92	63	7.6	0.7	90	64	7.3	0.6
Vermont	40	33	10.9	1.0	41	34	9.7	0.7
Virginia	277	241	9.8	0.3	278	241	10.8	0.4
Washington	242	204	8.8	0.3	250	212	10.0	0.4
West Virginia	131	111	10.4	0.5	133	111	11.0	0.5
Wisconsin	396	354	8.7	0.3	399	362	8.1	0.2
Wyoming	39	29	11.6	1.1	39	31	10.0	1.0

^a The 2007 data reflect care for the period 10/1/07 to 12/31/07; 2004 data reflect care for the period 7/1/04 to 9/30/04.

^b A facility had to have at least 30 residents in the denominator for a chronic care measure to be calculated; therefore, the number of facilities may vary for each measure reported in a State.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Minimum Data Set. Data were downloaded from www.medicare.gov/nhcompare/home.asp. The 2007 data were downloaded on April 18, 2008; the 2004 data, in March 2005.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 9_1_12-3: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/9_nursinghome_homehealth_hospice/T9_1_12-3.html