Table 11_1_4-3

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_4.3
Low-risk long-stay nursing home residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder, by State, 2002 and 2008^a
	2008		2002
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	50.2	0.1	46.4	0.1
Alabama	47.2	0.9	43.9	0.9
Alaska	53.8	3.7	51.0	2.1
Arizona	51.6	1.6	47.8	1.1
Arkansas	42.7	0.9	39.5	0.9
California	57.3	0.6	55.4	0.6
Colorado	46.3	1.2	40.9	1.1
Connecticut	49.8	1.0	42.5	0.9
Delaware	48.4	2.2	49.4	2.1
District of Columbia	55.9	3.9	51.9	2.8
Florida	52.3	0.5	47.0	0.5
Georgia	49.8	0.8	47.3	0.7
Hawaii	63.3	2.5	64.1	1.8
Idaho	56.1	2.2	50.5	1.9
Illinois	41.7	0.8	38.4	0.7
Indiana	48.9	0.6	43.6	0.6
Iowa	44.0	0.8	38.7	0.7
Kansas	42.2	1.1	38.5	1.1
Kentucky	50.1	1.0	47.7	0.9
Louisiana	39.4	0.8	35.7	0.7
Maine	69.8	1.7	62.4	1.7
Maryland	57.1	1.0	53.2	0.9
Massachusetts	62.8	0.7	55.6	0.6
Michigan	52.1	0.7	48.3	0.7
Minnesota	52.4	0.8	47.3	0.7
Mississippi	47.1	0.9	43.7	1.0
Missouri	36.6	0.7	36.2	0.7
Montana	50.6	1.7	41.8	1.6
Nebraska	47.3	1.1	42.7	1.3
Nevada	54.7	2.7	53.2	1.9
New Hampshire	51.8	1.5	46.2	1.1
New Jersey	45.3	0.7	43.8	0.7
New Mexico	49.0	1.8	40.5	1.8
New York	52.2	0.6	50.2	0.5
North Carolina	57.4	0.7	50.2	0.7
North Dakota	45.3	1.3	43.1	1.8
Ohio	46.0	0.5	42.6	0.5
Oklahoma	40.7	0.9	34.6	0.9
Oregon	58.6	1.3	55.4	1.7
Pennsylvania	62.7	0.5	58.4	0.5
Rhode Island	44.4	1.3	41.0	1.6
South Carolina	60.5	1.0	58.1	1.2
South Dakota	47.5	1.3	46.0	1.1
Tennessee	49.8	0.8	46.9	0.8
Texas	46.6	0.5	43.2	0.5
Utah	50.4	2.4	43.9	2.2
Vermont	57.6	2.1	55.4	2.1
Virginia	58.0	0.8	55.4	0.8
Washington	58.6	1.0	55.5	0.9
West Virginia	54.4	1.1	45.5	1.1
Wisconsin	48.2	0.7	42.2	0.7
Wyoming	41.9	3.1	36.7	3.1

^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_4-3: 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_4-3.html