Table 11_1_3-3

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_3.3
Long-stay nursing home residents who are more depressed or anxious, by State, 2002 and 2008^a
	2008		2002
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	14.3	0.1	14.6	0.1
Alabama	9.0	0.4	11.8	0.4
Alaska	13.8	3.2	14.2	4.9
Arizona	11.6	1.0	13.5	0.6
Arkansas	9.6	0.5	13.1	0.5
California	9.4	0.2	11.1	0.2
Colorado	15.5	0.7	15.7	0.7
Connecticut	11.9	0.5	13.3	0.4
Delaware	11.9	1.3	14.8	1.0
District of Columbia	8.1	1.4	7.2	1.1
Florida	9.5	0.3	11.6	0.2
Georgia	15.7	0.5	15.2	0.5
Hawaii	11.9	1.8	11.3	1.1
Idaho	17.6	1.3	18.0	1.3
Illinois	15.5	0.4	13.2	0.3
Indiana	15.5	0.4	17.2	0.4
Iowa	16.5	0.5	16.3	0.4
Kansas	16.8	0.6	14.4	0.4
Kentucky	17.5	0.6	18.5	0.6
Louisiana	14.4	0.5	16.4	0.6
Maine	30.7	1.2	27.7	1.1
Maryland	9.4	0.5	12.1	0.5
Massachusetts	14.3	0.4	15.1	0.3
Michigan	13.0	0.4	13.8	0.4
Minnesota	22.9	0.6	19.6	0.5
Mississippi	14.2	0.7	13.9	0.5
Missouri	10.1	0.4	11.5	0.4
Montana	17.6	1.3	14.7	1.1
Nebraska	19.9	0.8	18.5	0.7
Nevada	12.5	1.3	14.7	1.2
New Hampshire	18.2	1.1	18.9	1.1
New Jersey	8.6	0.3	10.8	0.4
New Mexico	11.6	1.2	13.4	1.0
New York	12.5	0.3	11.0	0.2
North Carolina	15.6	0.5	13.7	0.5
North Dakota	23.1	0.9	24.2	1.0
Ohio	18.1	0.3	21.4	0.3
Oklahoma	9.9	0.5	10.6	0.4
Oregon	12.6	0.7	14.7	0.8
Pennsylvania	19.0	0.4	18.8	0.4
Rhode Island	11.5	0.8	11.3	0.7
South Carolina	12.2	0.6	12.4	0.5
South Dakota	25.2	1.1	21.8	0.8
Tennessee	10.3	0.4	12.1	0.4
Texas	12.7	0.3	10.5	0.2
Utah	15.0	1.2	16.2	1.0
Vermont	21.4	1.5	22.7	1.7
Virginia	16.2	0.6	14.6	0.5
Washington	21.6	0.6	20.5	0.5
West Virginia	14.7	0.8	14.8	0.7
Wisconsin	17.8	0.5	14.7	0.4
Wyoming	16.8	1.7	15.4	1.3

^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_3-3: 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_3-3.html