Table 11_1_16-3

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_16.3
Home health care patients who have less pain when moving around, by State, 2005 and 2008^a
	2008		2005
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	62.0	0.2	59.7	0.2
Alabama	62.6	1.0	61.4	0.9
Alaska	57.6	3.4	52.5	1.8
Arizona	57.2	1.3	56.3	1.2
Arkansas	60.0	1.2	52.6	1.3
California	68.1	0.6	65.3	0.6
Colorado	57.3	1.0	55.1	0.9
Connecticut	61.1	1.2	60.8	1.0
Delaware	64.4	1.8	58.9	3.9
District of Columbia	59.8	6.3	68.2	5.1
Florida	64.9	0.6	61.7	0.6
Georgia	66.8	1.3	63.3	1.1
Hawaii	60.5	2.8	61.9	1.8
Idaho	58.3	1.8	50.5	1.7
Illinois	66.5	0.8	65.5	0.8
Indiana	63.0	0.9	59.8	0.9
Iowa	59.1	1.2	54.5	1.1
Kansas	63.2	1.4	59.6	1.3
Kentucky	64.3	1.2	59.1	1.0
Louisiana	57.0	1.1	52.5	1.1
Maine	61.3	1.6	59.5	1.4
Maryland	64.2	1.5	59.9	1.3
Massachusetts	64.8	1.1	61.5	0.8
Michigan	66.4	0.7	64.7	0.7
Minnesota	54.4	1.0	53.6	1.1
Mississippi	62.6	1.4	57.7	1.6
Missouri	62.4	0.9	59.4	0.9
Montana	63.6	2.9	56.5	2.1
Nebraska	63.4	1.7	55.2	2.2
Nevada	60.3	1.9	57.3	1.9
New Hampshire	60.1	1.6	58.4	1.9
New Jersey	68.7	1.3	65.0	1.0
New Mexico	60.7	1.5	60.9	1.8
New York	62.3	0.8	62.0	0.8
North Carolina	65.9	0.7	64.2	0.7
North Dakota	58.6	2.6	58.4	2.8
Ohio	59.4	0.8	56.6	0.8
Oklahoma	54.8	1.1	49.8	1.1
Oregon	58.3	1.4	56.7	1.3
Pennsylvania	62.6	0.7	61.8	0.7
Rhode Island	66.4	1.8	60.0	1.4
South Carolina	70.0	1.3	64.2	1.0
South Dakota	59.2	2.4	59.9	2.0
Tennessee	64.9	1.1	60.7	1.1
Texas	55.5	0.6	57.2	0.5
Utah	62.3	1.9	61.2	1.8
Vermont	57.4	2.9	62.7	2.8
Virginia	62.4	1.0	60.9	0.9
Washington	57.8	1.2	58.1	1.0
West Virginia	61.8	1.6	57.6	1.4
Wisconsin	61.2	1.3	58.3	1.2
Wyoming	60.7	2.3	58.7	2.6

^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 11_1_16-3: 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_16-3.html