Table 11_1_18-3

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_18.3
High-risk long-stay nursing home residents who have pressure sores, by State, 2002 and 2008^a
	2008		2002
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	11.6	0.1	13.8	0.1
Alabama	9.4	0.4	11.7	0.5
Alaska	DSU	DSU	16.0	2.8
Arizona	10.9	0.8	12.3	0.8
Arkansas	10.8	0.6	13.0	0.7
California	12.7	0.3	14.4	0.3
Colorado	8.9	0.5	11.3	0.7
Connecticut	9.6	0.3	12.8	0.5
Delaware	10.6	1.0	14.2	0.9
District of Columbia	16.2	1.5	18.4	2.0
Florida	12.3	0.3	14.7	0.3
Georgia	11.8	0.4	15.2	0.4
Hawaii	8.2	1.1	8.4	1.0
Idaho	8.7	0.9	8.1	0.7
Illinois	14.6	0.4	16.6	0.5
Indiana	11.7	0.3	14.2	0.4
Iowa	7.8	0.4	8.2	0.5
Kansas	9.5	0.5	13.4	0.8
Kentucky	11.5	0.4	14.6	0.5
Louisiana	17.2	0.5	18.9	0.6
Maine	8.2	0.6	10.5	0.6
Maryland	13.3	0.5	13.7	0.4
Massachusetts	10.0	0.3	13.3	0.3
Michigan	10.1	0.4	13.5	0.5
Minnesota	6.6	0.3	9.3	0.3
Mississippi	12.0	0.6	13.7	0.6
Missouri	11.5	0.5	13.3	0.6
Montana	8.5	1.0	9.7	1.1
Nebraska	7.4	0.5	9.2	0.6
Nevada	12.9	1.4	14.0	1.2
New Hampshire	7.1	0.6	12.4	0.9
New Jersey	15.6	0.4	19.2	0.5
New Mexico	11.9	0.9	12.5	1.0
New York	13.3	0.3	14.9	0.3
North Carolina	11.1	0.3	14.5	0.4
North Dakota	7.3	0.6	7.4	0.7
Ohio	11.1	0.2	13.9	0.3
Oklahoma	14.6	0.7	16.1	0.9
Oregon	10.8	0.7	11.8	1.0
Pennsylvania	11.1	0.2	14.5	0.3
Rhode Island	10.7	0.9	15.5	0.9
South Carolina	10.6	0.5	13.4	0.5
South Dakota	11.2	1.0	13.8	1.0
Tennessee	11.4	0.4	13.2	0.4
Texas	11.8	0.2	12.7	0.3
Utah	9.4	0.9	11.0	1.5
Vermont	10.5	1.5	15.0	1.4
Virginia	12.9	0.4	16.2	0.5
Washington	11.3	0.5	13.1	0.6
West Virginia	12.1	0.7	14.3	0.8
Wisconsin	9.6	0.4	11.0	0.4
Wyoming	12.7	1.6	11.9	1.9

^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_18-3: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/11_supportive_palliative_care/T11_1_18-3.html