Table 11_1_21-3

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_21.3
Short-stay nursing home residents with delirium, by State, 2002 and 2008^a
	2008		2002
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	1.69	0.03	3.80	0.03
Alabama	1.06	0.14	2.30	0.30
Alaska	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Arizona	1.93	0.27	4.10	0.50
Arkansas	1.85	0.24	4.20	0.50
California	0.91	0.09	2.80	0.20
Colorado	1.74	0.31	4.50	0.50
Connecticut	1.69	0.13	3.80	0.30
Delaware	1.34	0.33	3.50	0.80
District of Columbia	DSU	DSU	1.60	0.40
Florida	1.23	0.07	2.80	0.10
Georgia	2.06	0.25	4.40	0.40
Hawaii	2.00	0.55	3.50	1.00
Idaho	2.67	0.32	5.40	0.70
Illinois	2.42	0.19	3.80	0.20
Indiana	0.90	0.08	3.60	0.20
Iowa	3.38	0.48	6.30	0.80
Kansas	2.09	0.21	4.90	0.60
Kentucky	0.82	0.11	3.10	0.20
Louisiana	2.88	0.28	5.30	0.60
Maine	DSU	DSU	3.70	0.40
Maryland	1.11	0.14	4.00	0.40
Massachusetts	1.70	0.13	4.00	0.20
Michigan	1.89	0.16	3.80	0.30
Minnesota	1.51	0.14	4.10	0.30
Mississippi	1.79	0.33	3.30	0.50
Missouri	2.73	0.23	5.30	0.40
Montana	2.21	0.52	5.30	1.00
Nebraska	3.81	0.85	4.60	0.70
Nevada	2.42	0.46	4.20	0.90
New Hampshire	2.13	0.49	5.60	0.80
New Jersey	0.85	0.08	2.50	0.20
New Mexico	1.86	0.43	4.20	0.70
New York	1.14	0.08	2.70	0.10
North Carolina	1.39	0.14	3.30	0.20
North Dakota	2.37	0.61	5.10	0.80
Ohio	1.79	0.10	4.30	0.20
Oklahoma	1.68	0.25	4.90	0.60
Oregon	2.01	0.22	6.10	0.70
Pennsylvania	1.45	0.11	3.90	0.20
Rhode Island	2.48	0.51	3.90	0.60
South Carolina	1.27	0.15	3.20	0.30
South Dakota	2.41	0.65	3.30	0.60
Tennessee	2.08	0.28	4.60	0.40
Texas	1.83	0.13	3.90	0.30
Utah	DSU	DSU	7.10	0.90
Vermont	2.85	0.82	4.40	0.70
Virginia	1.70	0.16	4.50	0.30
Washington	2.63	0.23	6.10	0.50
West Virginia	1.22	0.16	3.80	0.50
Wisconsin	2.08	0.20	4.00	0.30
Wyoming	2.25	0.62	3.80	0.90

^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.

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_21-3: 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_21-3.html