Table 11_1_22-3

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_22.3
Home health care patients who had to be admitted to the hospital, by State, 2005 and 2008^a
	2008		2005
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	30.8	0.1	30.9	0.1
Alabama	29.9	0.6	31.7	0.7
Alaska	25.1	2.9	23.9	2.8
Arizona	30.6	0.7	25.0	0.9
Arkansas	33.2	0.7	35.1	0.8
California	26.2	0.3	25.2	0.4
Colorado	27.7	0.7	28.2	0.9
Connecticut	33.7	1.0	35.4	1.2
Delaware	26.4	1.6	27.6	2.2
District of Columbia	23.3	1.7	31.1	1.9
Florida	26.2	0.3	24.7	0.4
Georgia	28.8	0.7	30.2	0.9
Hawaii	25.2	1.3	25.2	1.7
Idaho	24.2	0.7	24.4	0.9
Illinois	31.6	0.5	30.3	0.6
Indiana	33.3	0.7	32.8	0.9
Iowa	33.4	0.8	34.8	0.9
Kansas	28.0	0.9	28.7	0.9
Kentucky	32.7	0.7	32.8	0.8
Louisiana	40.2	0.8	42.2	0.8
Maine	25.7	1.7	27.0	1.5
Maryland	27.3	0.6	24.9	0.8
Massachusetts	31.4	0.8	34.3	0.9
Michigan	26.7	0.4	27.3	0.4
Minnesota	31.3	0.8	32.7	1.0
Mississippi	36.3	1.1	37.5	1.3
Missouri	26.7	0.5	26.7	0.7
Montana	25.6	1.5	25.5	1.4
Nebraska	28.0	1.0	25.1	1.3
Nevada	30.0	1.2	26.7	0.9
New Hampshire	29.2	1.0	33.5	1.6
New Jersey	28.1	0.7	29.0	0.8
New Mexico	30.1	1.1	27.9	1.3
New York	37.6	1.0	39.6	1.3
North Carolina	29.4	0.4	30.8	0.6
North Dakota	23.3	1.3	23.0	2.1
Ohio	34.1	0.5	34.5	0.7
Oklahoma	37.1	0.7	37.2	0.8
Oregon	24.8	0.7	21.1	0.7
Pennsylvania	27.3	0.5	26.2	0.5
Rhode Island	30.8	1.6	30.6	1.4
South Carolina	29.0	0.7	32.3	0.8
South Dakota	25.1	1.2	22.4	1.9
Tennessee	32.8	0.6	33.6	0.7
Texas	35.2	0.3	35.6	0.3
Utah	21.8	0.8	22.7	1.0
Vermont	29.5	1.2	32.8	1.5
Virginia	29.0	0.5	27.5	0.6
Washington	23.6	0.6	22.0	0.6
West Virginia	30.2	0.9	27.9	1.0
Wisconsin	27.7	0.9	28.2	1.1
Wyoming	27.0	1.2	26.1	1.6

^a Data were downloaded from http://www.medicare.gov/Download/DownloadDB.asp in March-April and reflect care delivered mainly in the previous year.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Outcome and Assessment Information Set.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 11_1_22-3: 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_22-3.html