Table 11_1_2-3

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_2.3
Long-stay nursing home residents with a urinary tract infection, by State, 2002 and 2008^a
	2008		2002
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	9.2	0.1	8.4	0.1
Alabama	8.2	0.4	8.9	0.3
Alaska	5.8	0.9	8.4	2.5
Arizona	9.5	0.6	9.2	0.5
Arkansas	8.7	0.4	8.2	0.4
California	8.1	0.2	7.1	0.2
Colorado	8.6	0.4	7.5	0.3
Connecticut	7.5	0.3	6.8	0.3
Delaware	10.7	0.9	9.1	0.8
District of Columbia	5.0	1.0	6.3	0.7
Florida	11.3	0.2	10.3	0.2
Georgia	9.5	0.3	8.0	0.3
Hawaii	5.8	0.6	4.9	0.6
Idaho	10.0	0.9	9.1	0.7
Illinois	8.5	0.2	6.3	0.2
Indiana	9.5	0.3	8.9	0.2
Iowa	8.9	0.3	7.0	0.2
Kansas	10.1	0.4	9.4	0.3
Kentucky	11.8	0.4	11.5	0.4
Louisiana	9.4	0.3	8.8	0.3
Maine	9.2	0.6	8.6	0.5
Maryland	8.4	0.3	7.3	0.3
Massachusetts	9.4	0.2	8.8	0.2
Michigan	9.1	0.3	7.7	0.2
Minnesota	7.1	0.3	7.5	0.2
Mississippi	9.1	0.4	8.8	0.4
Missouri	9.5	0.3	8.5	0.3
Montana	7.5	0.6	6.4	0.6
Nebraska	8.5	0.4	8.0	0.4
Nevada	8.5	0.8	8.0	1.0
New Hampshire	7.7	0.5	8.6	0.6
New Jersey	7.6	0.3	6.4	0.3
New Mexico	8.0	0.7	7.2	0.5
New York	7.9	0.2	7.0	0.2
North Carolina	11.1	0.3	9.9	0.3
North Dakota	7.8	0.6	6.9	0.6
Ohio	11.0	0.2	10.7	0.2
Oklahoma	9.6	0.4	8.8	0.3
Oregon	11.0	0.6	10.4	0.6
Pennsylvania	7.9	0.2	9.1	0.2
Rhode Island	10.5	0.6	9.3	0.5
South Carolina	11.0	0.5	9.7	0.5
South Dakota	7.5	0.5	7.9	0.4
Tennessee	11.0	0.3	9.5	0.3
Texas	7.9	0.2	7.4	0.2
Utah	9.6	0.8	7.2	0.6
Vermont	10.3	0.9	8.0	0.7
Virginia	10.8	0.4	9.8	0.3
Washington	12.0	0.4	11.3	0.4
West Virginia	11.5	0.6	10.3	0.5
Wisconsin	8.5	0.3	7.9	0.2
Wyoming	8.3	1.0	9.2	1.0

^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.

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 11_1_2-3: 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_2-3.html