Table 11_1_17-3

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_17.3
Long-stay nursing home residents who were physically restrained, by State, 2002 and 2008^a
	2008		2002
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	3.89	0.05	9.70	0.10
Alabama	2.03	0.45	5.80	0.60
Alaska	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Arizona	3.29	0.37	11.20	0.80
Arkansas	5.58	0.38	22.40	0.70
California	7.90	0.26	18.40	0.40
Colorado	4.39	0.60	7.80	0.40
Connecticut	2.63	0.20	12.30	0.60
Delaware	1.61	0.45	4.00	1.10
District of Columbia	DSU	DSU	5.60	1.60
Florida	5.04	0.21	8.80	0.30
Georgia	4.13	0.22	12.10	0.50
Hawaii	1.97	0.35	7.50	1.40
Idaho	3.53	0.56	7.60	0.80
Illinois	3.72	0.21	5.30	0.30
Indiana	3.19	0.18	6.50	0.30
Iowa	1.51	0.15	3.50	0.40
Kansas	0.93	0.11	5.80	0.30
Kentucky	5.23	0.39	8.80	0.50
Louisiana	7.49	0.38	18.00	0.60
Maine	1.43	0.30	7.10	0.90
Maryland	2.81	0.28	8.90	0.60
Massachusetts	4.21	0.22	7.00	0.40
Michigan	3.92	0.23	7.10	0.40
Minnesota	1.90	0.15	4.80	0.20
Mississippi	6.01	0.44	14.60	0.70
Missouri	4.02	0.25	8.80	0.30
Montana	2.33	0.34	5.00	0.90
Nebraska	1.10	0.25	2.70	0.40
Nevada	4.08	0.85	13.60	1.60
New Hampshire	1.41	0.29	4.50	1.00
New Jersey	3.75	0.26	5.60	0.50
New Mexico	5.86	0.79	9.20	0.90
New York	3.31	0.26	7.10	0.40
North Carolina	3.93	0.21	9.50	0.40
North Dakota	1.50	0.27	3.90	0.50
Ohio	4.71	0.19	9.70	0.30
Oklahoma	5.25	0.33	10.70	0.50
Oregon	4.23	0.90	14.40	1.20
Pennsylvania	2.55	0.18	6.40	0.30
Rhode Island	1.63	0.31	5.50	0.70
South Carolina	5.74	0.48	10.60	0.70
South Dakota	1.96	0.30	7.30	0.70
Tennessee	6.19	0.37	14.00	0.60
Texas	2.87	0.13	18.40	0.40
Utah	7.44	0.78	11.00	1.10
Vermont	1.88	0.43	5.90	1.30
Virginia	1.84	0.22	7.50	0.50
Washington	2.08	0.35	9.00	0.70
West Virginia	2.99	0.37	6.90	0.60
Wisconsin	1.46	0.12	4.50	0.30
Wyoming	2.60	0.59	8.70	1.10

^a Data were downloaded from 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.

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_17-3: 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_17-3.html