Table 11_1_9-3

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_9.3
Home health care patients who need urgent, unplanned medical care, by State, 2005 and 2008^a
	2008		2005
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	22.4	0.1	22.6	0.1
Alabama	21.5	0.8	20.5	0.7
Alaska	23.1	2.8	24.7	3.2
Arizona	26.5	0.9	23.2	0.8
Arkansas	23.5	0.9	24.5	0.9
California	15.7	0.4	17.2	0.4
Colorado	24.4	0.8	24.7	0.8
Connecticut	28.0	1.0	27.8	1.1
Delaware	22.0	2.1	20.5	1.5
District of Columbia	17.6	2.7	29.6	3.0
Florida	17.5	0.4	17.9	0.4
Georgia	22.5	0.8	22.7	0.8
Hawaii	23.5	1.1	24.1	1.5
Idaho	21.4	0.9	21.9	0.8
Illinois	20.5	0.6	20.7	0.6
Indiana	25.0	0.9	24.3	0.9
Iowa	28.3	0.8	27.4	0.8
Kansas	22.6	1.0	22.0	0.9
Kentucky	24.9	1.0	25.5	0.9
Louisiana	26.5	1.0	25.8	1.0
Maine	21.4	1.1	22.6	1.6
Maryland	23.7	0.7	22.9	0.9
Massachusetts	23.7	0.9	26.4	0.9
Michigan	21.1	0.5	21.1	0.5
Minnesota	26.8	0.7	27.8	0.8
Mississippi	24.5	1.3	23.4	1.3
Missouri	21.5	0.6	22.2	0.6
Montana	23.6	1.4	22.8	1.4
Nebraska	21.0	1.0	20.7	1.1
Nevada	19.0	1.2	21.2	1.4
New Hampshire	23.7	1.7	27.7	1.8
New Jersey	22.2	1.0	22.8	1.0
New Mexico	25.7	1.1	24.2	1.2
New York	29.1	0.9	30.1	1.1
North Carolina	24.2	0.5	24.4	0.6
North Dakota	17.6	1.2	18.5	1.5
Ohio	26.9	0.6	27.3	0.7
Oklahoma	25.3	0.9	22.8	0.8
Oregon	21.8	0.8	20.2	0.7
Pennsylvania	21.5	0.5	20.6	0.5
Rhode Island	23.0	1.6	21.5	1.8
South Carolina	21.8	0.9	24.7	0.9
South Dakota	21.4	1.6	18.3	1.5
Tennessee	26.0	0.8	24.8	0.8
Texas	23.3	0.4	22.5	0.4
Utah	19.5	0.8	20.0	0.9
Vermont	26.0	1.4	26.0	1.2
Virginia	23.5	0.7	22.5	0.7
Washington	22.6	0.5	19.7	0.8
West Virginia	26.6	1.0	24.4	1.1
Wisconsin	24.1	1.0	25.1	1.1
Wyoming	24.5	1.0	20.6	1.5

^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_9-3: 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_9-3.html