Table 11_1_7-3

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_7.3
Home health care patients who are short of breath less often, by State, 2005 and 2008^a
	2008		2005
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	56.3	0.2	55.3	0.2
Alabama	55.4	1.3	56.7	1.0
Alaska	58.7	3.4	55.2	3.5
Arizona	60.0	1.4	62.2	0.9
Arkansas	47.8	1.5	45.2	1.5
California	61.4	0.6	60.0	0.6
Colorado	60.5	1.2	57.7	1.1
Connecticut	60.9	1.2	57.4	1.3
Delaware	59.8	2.0	59.7	1.9
District of Columbia	49.7	6.8	58.6	5.4
Florida	53.9	0.7	54.1	0.6
Georgia	62.0	1.2	58.2	1.4
Hawaii	70.3	2.1	69.0	1.8
Idaho	57.1	1.7	54.4	1.7
Illinois	59.9	0.8	60.1	0.8
Indiana	58.8	1.0	56.7	1.1
Iowa	55.2	1.2	51.2	1.1
Kansas	57.2	1.5	56.3	1.4
Kentucky	57.7	1.1	53.1	1.0
Louisiana	47.4	1.2	43.5	1.1
Maine	62.8	1.8	58.5	1.5
Maryland	65.5	1.5	64.4	1.3
Massachusetts	60.3	1.1	56.0	1.0
Michigan	62.3	0.7	61.4	0.6
Minnesota	54.3	1.2	53.5	1.2
Mississippi	58.4	1.7	54.1	1.5
Missouri	60.6	1.0	57.5	0.9
Montana	57.8	3.4	59.9	2.6
Nebraska	57.9	1.9	55.5	1.9
Nevada	59.6	1.9	59.8	1.9
New Hampshire	61.1	1.6	57.7	1.5
New Jersey	68.2	1.1	62.7	1.3
New Mexico	59.8	1.6	61.4	1.7
New York	59.2	0.9	58.4	0.9
North Carolina	62.1	0.7	60.4	0.7
North Dakota	60.3	2.9	61.0	2.9
Ohio	56.1	0.8	53.8	0.8
Oklahoma	50.9	1.2	44.9	1.3
Oregon	61.6	1.1	60.7	1.3
Pennsylvania	59.7	0.7	58.8	0.8
Rhode Island	68.3	1.5	60.2	1.7
South Carolina	67.3	1.2	63.5	1.1
South Dakota	59.7	3.1	56.8	2.6
Tennessee	58.3	1.0	55.2	1.1
Texas	45.7	0.6	48.3	0.6
Utah	64.9	1.7	63.3	1.4
Vermont	54.9	2.7	56.5	2.7
Virginia	58.9	1.1	58.0	1.1
Washington	63.6	1.0	61.5	1.1
West Virginia	58.9	1.3	55.2	1.3
Wisconsin	59.9	1.3	55.4	1.2
Wyoming	56.5	3.3	61.9	3.0

^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_7-3: 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_7-3.html