Table 11_1_6-3

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_6.3
Long-stay nursing home residents who lose too much weight, by State, 2004 and 2008^a
	2008		2004
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	7.88	0.04	8.60	0.00
Alabama	8.51	0.34	9.50	0.40
Alaska	7.80	2.35	8.00	0.80
Arizona	6.66	0.49	8.50	0.40
Arkansas	7.38	0.34	9.30	0.40
California	6.81	0.15	7.40	0.20
Colorado	8.36	0.38	8.50	0.40
Connecticut	7.82	0.29	8.50	0.30
Delaware	8.23	0.67	7.50	0.60
District of Columbia	8.31	0.85	9.30	0.70
Florida	8.30	0.19	9.30	0.20
Georgia	8.43	0.23	9.40	0.30
Hawaii	8.84	0.97	8.70	0.70
Idaho	6.89	0.64	9.20	0.70
Illinois	9.33	0.22	8.80	0.20
Indiana	8.08	0.22	8.30	0.20
Iowa	6.29	0.22	6.60	0.20
Kansas	7.47	0.32	7.40	0.30
Kentucky	9.42	0.30	10.60	0.30
Louisiana	9.02	0.34	10.50	0.30
Maine	8.87	0.56	9.40	0.60
Maryland	7.96	0.29	8.10	0.30
Massachusetts	6.63	0.18	7.90	0.20
Michigan	8.35	0.23	8.80	0.20
Minnesota	7.22	0.22	8.20	0.20
Mississippi	8.18	0.35	9.10	0.40
Missouri	7.40	0.26	8.20	0.30
Montana	7.77	0.74	8.50	0.60
Nebraska	7.26	0.39	7.50	0.30
Nevada	7.41	0.70	9.60	0.90
New Hampshire	7.44	0.47	7.90	0.50
New Jersey	8.22	0.23	9.70	0.30
New Mexico	8.89	0.67	9.50	0.60
New York	7.60	0.15	7.90	0.10
North Carolina	9.62	0.29	10.50	0.30
North Dakota	7.52	0.50	7.00	0.50
Ohio	8.03	0.15	8.50	0.20
Oklahoma	8.24	0.34	7.60	0.40
Oregon	8.18	0.51	9.90	0.60
Pennsylvania	7.96	0.18	8.60	0.20
Rhode Island	6.57	0.38	7.40	0.60
South Carolina	8.45	0.38	9.80	0.40
South Dakota	7.56	0.51	7.40	0.50
Tennessee	9.35	0.29	10.30	0.30
Texas	6.42	0.15	7.60	0.20
Utah	6.46	0.55	7.30	0.60
Vermont	8.61	0.77	9.70	0.70
Virginia	9.20	0.32	10.80	0.40
Washington	8.12	0.34	10.00	0.40
West Virginia	8.98	0.42	11.00	0.50
Wisconsin	8.02	0.22	8.10	0.20
Wyoming	10.64	0.92	10.00	1.00

^a Data were downloaded from www.medicare.gov/nhcompare/home.asp, reflecting care for the last quarter of the calendar year. Facilities with lfewer 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_6-3: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/11_supportive_palliative_care/T11_1_6-3.html