Table 9_2_4-3

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_2_4.3
Home health care patients who get better at walking or moving around, by State, 2005 and 2007^a
State	2007			2005
State	Number of providers	Percent	SE	Number of providers	Percent	SE
Total	8,972	40.3	0.14	6,455	36.9	0.1
Alabama	143	42.8	0.95	140	38.8	0.8
Alaska	16	33.8	2.39	11	32.6	2.1
Arizona	85	37.6	1.18	66	35.0	1.0
Arkansas	172	39.5	0.94	146	34.6	0.8
California	649	41.4	0.46	521	37.9	0.5
Colorado	134	37.4	1.08	101	35.1	0.8
Connecticut	82	38.4	1.00	73	34.3	0.7
Delaware	18	37.3	2.60	14	31.4	2.3
District of Columbia	23	39.2	3.79	13	31.8	3.2
Florida	803	41.6	0.50	511	37.2	0.4
Georgia	98	45.2	1.00	92	39.5	0.9
Hawaii	14	40.5	2.53	14	38.9	1.7
Idaho	48	39.9	1.25	48	34.5	1.3
Illinois	483	39.0	0.65	292	37.5	0.6
Indiana	186	39.3	0.78	134	37.9	0.8
Iowa	175	34.8	0.89	140	33.0	0.9
Kansas	129	42.0	1.39	96	35.9	1.1
Kentucky	102	42.6	0.76	99	38.0	0.8
Louisiana	218	42.6	0.86	180	36.5	0.9
Maine	29	40.9	1.55	26	37.9	1.1
Maryland	48	41.8	1.23	44	38.3	0.9
Massachusetts	127	40.9	1.08	97	35.1	0.9
Michigan	380	40.3	0.55	250	37.5	0.6
Minnesota	200	33.8	0.81	128	33.1	0.8
Mississippi	54	43.2	1.31	53	39.3	1.3
Missouri	167	42.2	0.97	142	37.2	0.7
Montana	35	41.4	1.99	29	34.9	1.7
Nebraska	68	40.0	1.78	51	35.5	1.5
Nevada	68	42.0	1.39	47	38.7	1.5
New Hampshire	36	38.6	1.57	31	35.9	1.1
New Jersey	49	44.1	0.81	48	39.3	0.7
New Mexico	66	43.2	1.14	56	39.8	1.1
New York	185	36.1	0.66	160	34.4	0.5
North Carolina	168	40.8	0.56	159	38.4	0.5
North Dakota	23	42.4	2.30	23	35.4	2.3
Ohio	467	38.3	0.63	273	36.2	0.6
Oklahoma	214	38.2	0.76	165	34.3	0.8
Oregon	56	36.3	0.88	58	36.0	0.9
Pennsylvania	295	42.9	0.70	229	39.0	0.6
Rhode Island	22	37.3	1.85	21	33.1	1.4
South Carolina	67	45.0	1.11	63	41.8	1.0
South Dakota	39	41.1	3.36	29	35.7	2.1
Tennessee	139	47.4	0.97	131	40.5	0.8
Texas	1,798	38.6	0.41	977	36.1	0.4
Utah	68	48.2	1.52	45	41.4	1.3
Vermont	12	38.8	2.38	12	35.8	2.8
Virginia	185	42.1	0.83	146	39.1	0.7
Washington	60	39.3	1.01	57	36.0	0.8
West Virginia	61	44.9	1.30	57	41.1	1.2
Wisconsin	126	37.9	1.25	90	34.6	0.9
Wyoming	27	34.6	2.33	18	38.9	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.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 9_2_4-3: 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_2_4-3.html