Table 10_1_2-3

2009 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 10_1_2.3
Home health care patients who get better at walking or moving around, by State, 2005 and 2008^a
	2008		2005
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	42.4	0.1	36.9	0.1
Alabama	44.1	0.8	38.8	0.8
Alaska	38.0	1.4	32.6	2.1
Arizona	40.3	0.8	35.0	1.0
Arkansas	40.7	0.8	34.6	0.8
California	44.0	0.4	37.9	0.5
Colorado	41.2	0.8	35.1	0.8
Connecticut	41.2	0.9	34.3	0.7
Delaware	38.0	2.3	31.4	2.3
District of Columbia	36.5	3.9	31.8	3.2
Florida	44.1	0.4	37.2	0.4
Georgia	45.7	0.8	39.5	0.9
Hawaii	43.5	1.3	38.9	1.7
Idaho	40.4	1.2	34.5	1.3
Illinois	43.2	0.5	37.5	0.6
Indiana	42.3	0.7	37.9	0.8
Iowa	37.8	0.8	33.0	0.9
Kansas	41.8	1.1	35.9	1.1
Kentucky	44.7	0.7	38.0	0.8
Louisiana	42.5	0.7	36.5	0.9
Maine	45.7	1.2	37.9	1.1
Maryland	44.5	1.2	38.3	0.9
Massachusetts	43.9	0.9	35.1	0.9
Michigan	42.3	0.5	37.5	0.6
Minnesota	37.9	0.8	33.1	0.8
Mississippi	44.8	1.1	39.3	1.3
Missouri	43.6	0.7	37.2	0.7
Montana	43.0	1.7	34.9	1.7
Nebraska	42.3	1.3	35.5	1.5
Nevada	45.4	1.3	38.7	1.5
New Hampshire	40.4	1.9	35.9	1.1
New Jersey	46.7	0.7	39.3	0.7
New Mexico	43.1	1.0	39.8	1.1
New York	39.4	0.5	34.4	0.5
North Carolina	43.7	0.4	38.4	0.5
North Dakota	40.4	1.9	35.4	2.3
Ohio	41.6	0.5	36.2	0.6
Oklahoma	40.4	0.7	34.3	0.8
Oregon	39.7	0.8	36.0	0.9
Pennsylvania	43.9	0.5	39.0	0.6
Rhode Island	44.2	1.6	33.1	1.4
South Carolina	46.3	0.8	41.8	1.0
South Dakota	41.0	1.6	35.7	2.1
Tennessee	45.9	0.6	40.5	0.8
Texas	39.9	0.4	36.1	0.4
Utah	50.5	1.3	41.4	1.3
Vermont	40.6	1.8	35.8	2.8
Virginia	44.4	0.7	39.1	0.7
Washington	41.1	0.7	36.0	0.8
West Virginia	44.4	1.0	41.1	1.2
Wisconsin	40.5	0.8	34.6	0.9
Wyoming	39.3	2.1	38.9	1.6

^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.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 10_1_2-3: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/10_functional_status/T10_1_2-3.html