Table 10_1_5-3

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_5.3
Long-stay nursing home residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased, by State, 2002 and 2008^a
	2008		2002
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	15.4	0.1	15.4	0.1
Alabama	11.8	0.5	13.3	0.4
Alaska	10.8	1.4	10.4	2.4
Arizona	14.3	0.9	15.5	0.8
Arkansas	14.7	0.6	14.9	0.6
California	11.2	0.3	13.1	0.2
Colorado	15.0	0.7	16.5	0.7
Connecticut	16.5	0.5	16.8	0.5
Delaware	17.1	1.4	15.1	1.0
District of Columbia	11.7	1.7	11.5	1.6
Florida	12.9	0.3	15.2	0.3
Georgia	14.3	0.5	13.3	0.3
Hawaii	12.1	1.1	16.2	1.5
Idaho	14.6	1.0	16.9	1.2
Illinois	13.9	0.3	11.9	0.3
Indiana	21.9	0.5	24.4	0.4
Iowa	13.6	0.4	13.9	0.4
Kansas	14.1	0.6	14.7	0.5
Kentucky	17.8	0.6	20.5	0.6
Louisiana	21.3	0.6	13.2	0.5
Maine	14.7	1.0	18.4	0.8
Maryland	14.1	0.6	15.4	0.5
Massachusetts	13.4	0.3	17.4	0.4
Michigan	13.1	0.4	14.3	0.3
Minnesota	15.3	0.4	15.4	0.4
Mississippi	16.6	0.8	14.9	0.6
Missouri	12.3	0.4	14.0	0.3
Montana	14.4	0.9	17.4	1.2
Nebraska	15.2	0.6	17.1	0.6
Nevada	19.1	1.2	17.3	0.9
New Hampshire	17.1	0.9	17.5	1.1
New Jersey	11.6	0.4	14.5	0.4
New Mexico	18.4	1.4	16.4	1.0
New York	17.3	0.4	13.5	0.3
North Carolina	22.8	0.5	14.7	0.4
North Dakota	17.5	1.1	18.5	1.0
Ohio	13.5	0.3	14.0	0.3
Oklahoma	11.3	0.5	12.8	0.4
Oregon	10.8	0.8	11.5	0.6
Pennsylvania	19.5	0.3	24.5	0.3
Rhode Island	13.3	0.7	14.9	0.7
South Carolina	12.8	0.6	12.7	0.6
South Dakota	17.8	0.8	18.5	0.8
Tennessee	13.4	0.5	15.2	0.4
Texas	20.3	0.4	15.2	0.3
Utah	13.3	1.1	15.6	1.2
Vermont	19.6	1.4	20.8	1.3
Virginia	18.0	0.5	14.0	0.5
Washington	12.2	0.5	15.6	0.5
West Virginia	18.3	0.7	18.2	0.9
Wisconsin	16.1	0.5	15.1	0.4
Wyoming	15.5	1.7	15.0	1.3

^a Data were downloaded from http://www.medicare.gov/nhcompare/home.asp. The 2008 data reflect care for the last quarter, and the 2002 data reflect care for the second quarter of the calendar year. Facilities with fewer than 30 residents were excluded.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Minimum Data Set.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 10_1_5-3: 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_5-3.html