Table 9_2_5-3

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_5.3
Home health care patients who have less pain when 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	62.1	0.18	6,315	59.7	0.2
Alabama	143	64.1	0.98	138	61.4	0.9
Alaska	16	59.2	3.45	8	52.5	1.8
Arizona	85	58.1	1.23	65	56.3	1.2
Arkansas	172	60.5	1.19	140	52.6	1.3
California	649	68.1	0.57	517	65.3	0.6
Colorado	134	56.2	0.99	101	55.1	0.9
Connecticut	82	62.7	1.19	71	60.8	1.0
Delaware	18	65.3	2.10	14	58.9	3.9
District of Columbia	23	66.5	5.03	11	68.2	5.1
Florida	803	66.2	0.64	503	61.7	0.6
Georgia	98	65.6	1.05	90	63.3	1.1
Hawaii	14	63.6	1.61	14	61.9	1.8
Idaho	48	57.4	1.60	48	50.5	1.7
Illinois	483	66.3	0.76	284	65.5	0.8
Indiana	186	62.2	0.99	131	59.8	0.9
Iowa	175	58.3	1.10	132	54.5	1.1
Kansas	129	62.2	1.29	89	59.6	1.3
Kentucky	102	63.7	1.17	98	59.1	1.0
Louisiana	218	56.6	1.07	179	52.5	1.1
Maine	29	60.2	1.59	26	59.5	1.4
Maryland	48	65.1	1.47	43	59.9	1.3
Massachusetts	127	64.9	1.00	94	61.5	0.8
Michigan	380	66.4	0.73	251	64.7	0.7
Minnesota	200	54.2	1.07	124	53.6	1.1
Mississippi	54	61.9	1.56	53	57.7	1.6
Missouri	167	63.2	1.01	142	59.4	0.9
Montana	35	62.7	2.36	31	56.5	2.1
Nebraska	68	61.6	2.07	48	55.2	2.2
Nevada	68	64.0	1.76	46	57.3	1.9
New Hampshire	36	60.8	2.23	31	58.4	1.9
New Jersey	49	68.8	1.09	48	65.0	1.0
New Mexico	66	62.0	1.65	55	60.9	1.8
New York	185	62.0	0.84	150	62.0	0.8
North Carolina	168	64.8	0.76	155	64.2	0.7
North Dakota	23	62.2	3.20	23	58.4	2.8
Ohio	467	57.8	0.82	267	56.6	0.8
Oklahoma	214	53.6	1.10	166	49.8	1.1
Oregon	56	58.2	1.31	57	56.7	1.3
Pennsylvania	295	63.4	0.72	224	61.8	0.7
Rhode Island	22	60.5	2.49	20	60.0	1.4
South Carolina	67	68.2	1.34	63	64.2	1.0
South Dakota	39	61.4	2.49	23	59.9	2.0
Tennessee	139	65.5	1.06	128	60.7	1.1
Texas	1,798	56.9	0.55	952	57.2	0.5
Utah	68	62.7	1.70	45	61.2	1.8
Vermont	12	60.5	3.65	12	62.7	2.8
Virginia	185	62.5	1.00	143	60.9	0.9
Washington	60	58.2	1.30	56	58.1	1.0
West Virginia	61	60.5	1.52	56	57.6	1.4
Wisconsin	126	59.3	1.34	87	58.3	1.2
Wyoming	27	61.3	2.60	17	58.7	2.6

^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_5-3: 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_5-3.html