Table 11_1_15-3

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 11_1_15.3
Short-stay nursing home residents who had moderate to severe pain, by State, 2002 and 2008^a
	2008		2002
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	20.0	0.1	25.4	0.1
Alabama	15.8	0.8	19.7	0.9
Alaska	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Arizona	26.3	1.5	33.5	1.5
Arkansas	12.8	0.9	20.8	1.4
California	25.1	0.5	27.7	0.6
Colorado	23.3	1.2	34.3	1.5
Connecticut	21.1	0.8	25.5	0.8
Delaware	20.5	2.0	30.2	2.9
District of Columbia	DSU	DSU	24.8	5.4
Florida	19.8	0.5	25.9	0.6
Georgia	17.3	0.8	23.8	0.9
Hawaii	20.7	2.7	21.7	3.1
Idaho	27.1	2.4	40.7	2.0
Illinois	21.2	0.6	21.6	0.7
Indiana	18.0	0.6	23.6	0.8
Iowa	24.6	1.2	34.8	1.7
Kansas	18.9	1.1	31.7	1.7
Kentucky	17.0	0.9	21.5	1.0
Louisiana	11.8	0.7	19.8	1.1
Maine	22.9	1.4	27.2	1.2
Maryland	13.2	0.8	21.9	1.0
Massachusetts	19.7	0.7	25.3	0.7
Michigan	20.2	0.7	27.2	0.8
Minnesota	22.2	0.9	32.6	0.9
Mississippi	13.8	0.9	15.3	1.3
Missouri	21.1	0.7	27.6	0.9
Montana	32.8	2.4	41.5	2.9
Nebraska	23.2	1.7	36.2	2.2
Nevada	24.0	2.0	30.4	2.6
New Hampshire	20.5	1.5	27.7	1.6
New Jersey	16.0	0.6	19.6	0.6
New Mexico	24.1	2.1	32.6	3.6
New York	15.4	0.5	21.2	0.5
North Carolina	18.4	0.6	25.0	0.8
North Dakota	21.6	3.4	33.0	2.5
Ohio	25.4	0.5	26.1	0.5
Oklahoma	21.9	1.2	26.6	1.3
Oregon	34.6	1.6	41.2	1.6
Pennsylvania	19.4	0.5	21.6	0.5
Rhode Island	21.4	1.5	23.5	1.5
South Carolina	15.1	0.9	22.5	1.2
South Dakota	26.2	2.6	31.3	2.0
Tennessee	17.5	0.8	27.2	0.9
Texas	14.4	0.4	19.8	0.5
Utah	30.7	3.0	48.4	2.3
Vermont	23.2	2.0	29.5	2.5
Virginia	17.9	0.8	26.2	0.9
Washington	31.0	1.0	35.5	1.0
West Virginia	18.1	1.2	25.5	1.7
Wisconsin	26.5	0.9	31.5	0.9
Wyoming	18.1	3.3	39.4	3.3

^a Data were downloaded from www.medicare.gov/nhcompare/home.asp, reflecting care for the last two quarters of the year. The 2002 data reflect care for the first two quarters of the calendar year. Facilities with fewer than 20 residents were excluded.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 11_1_15-3: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/11_supportive_palliative_care/T11_1_15-3.html