Table 11_1_20-3

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_20.3
Short-stay nursing home residents with pressure sores, by State, 2002 and 2008^a
	2008		2002
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	14.1	0.1	20.1	0.1
Alabama	13.0	0.5	18.7	0.7
Alaska	16.3	4.1	30.0	7.0
Arizona	13.4	0.7	21.0	1.0
Arkansas	11.9	0.5	18.9	1.0
California	19.8	0.4	25.7	0.5
Colorado	9.9	0.5	14.8	0.7
Connecticut	13.8	0.5	19.1	0.6
Delaware	13.2	1.4	22.8	2.0
District of Columbia	17.0	2.2	30.2	4.3
Florida	16.0	0.5	20.2	0.4
Georgia	14.4	0.4	19.5	0.7
Hawaii	13.5	1.2	11.8	1.4
Idaho	12.0	1.0	16.0	1.2
Illinois	14.3	0.4	21.3	0.5
Indiana	11.3	0.3	18.1	0.5
Iowa	10.7	0.7	16.1	1.2
Kansas	12.2	0.7	17.7	1.1
Kentucky	12.2	0.5	18.5	0.7
Louisiana	14.3	0.6	20.8	0.9
Maine	11.4	0.7	16.1	1.0
Maryland	15.2	0.6	20.7	0.8
Massachusetts	13.6	0.4	19.7	0.5
Michigan	12.1	0.4	20.1	0.5
Minnesota	9.0	0.4	13.6	0.5
Mississippi	12.8	0.7	16.8	1.0
Missouri	11.6	0.4	17.3	0.6
Montana	12.8	1.4	18.8	2.2
Nebraska	10.5	0.8	16.7	1.2
Nevada	15.7	1.1	19.5	1.4
New Hampshire	11.8	0.7	21.3	1.2
New Jersey	19.2	0.5	25.3	0.6
New Mexico	12.3	1.0	19.1	1.3
New York	17.6	0.4	23.6	0.4
North Carolina	12.0	0.3	19.9	0.5
North Dakota	13.3	1.3	15.3	1.5
Ohio	13.5	0.3	20.1	0.4
Oklahoma	15.0	0.8	20.9	1.0
Oregon	12.6	0.7	15.8	1.0
Pennsylvania	14.2	0.4	21.5	0.4
Rhode Island	14.8	1.2	24.1	1.5
South Carolina	14.7	0.8	21.8	0.8
South Dakota	11.6	1.1	16.7	1.8
Tennessee	15.1	0.6	19.9	0.7
Texas	12.1	0.2	17.8	0.4
Utah	11.4	0.8	16.0	1.3
Vermont	13.8	1.5	24.1	2.3
Virginia	14.9	0.5	19.4	0.5
Washington	12.7	0.5	18.6	0.7
West Virginia	18.6	1.2	20.8	1.1
Wisconsin	11.4	0.4	15.6	0.5
Wyoming	12.3	2.0	15.1	2.5

^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.

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 11_1_20-3: 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_20-3.html