Table 10_1_7-3a

2010 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 10_1_7.3a
Home health care patients who get better at bathing, by race,^a by State, 2008
			Single race
	Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	64.5	0.0	65.4	0.0	61.7	0.1	64.9	0.2	64.8	0.7	62.8	0.5	63.1	0.9
Alabama	64.6	0.2	66.1	0.2	59.9	0.5	66.7	6.8	DSU	DSU	63.2	5.0	DSU	DSU
Alaska	55.6	1.3	56.4	1.4	50.0	6.9	46.2	8.0	DSU	DSU	60.5	4.5	DSU	DSU
Arizona	64.8	0.3	65.5	0.3	60.7	1.6	58.2	3.0	54.9	7.0	57.5	3.0	DSU	DSU
Arkansas	65.2	0.3	66.1	0.3	58.4	0.9	64.3	7.4	DSU	DSU	73.2	6.9	DSU	DSU
California	65.6	0.1	65.8	0.1	61.9	0.4	65.9	0.3	66.8	1.2	62.0	1.3	54.4	2.2
Colorado	64.3	0.3	61.3	0.3	61.0	1.8	59.2	3.6	53.3	9.1	62.2	5.1	DSU	DSU
Connecticut	60.9	0.2	60.9	0.3	59.9	1.0	60.0	3.7	63.6	8.4	60.2	4.6	DSU	DSU
Delaware	65.3	0.5	67.0	0.5	57.4	1.2	68.0	6.6	DSU	DSU	58.5	7.7	DSU	DSU
District of Columbia	72.4	0.8	79.5	1.9	71.2	0.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Florida	64.9	0.1	67.1	0.1	61.6	0.4	67.5	1.5	64.7	2.6	61.6	1.7	65.7	3.4
Georgia	67.9	0.2	68.8	0.2	64.5	0.4	69.4	2.9	65.2	7.0	70.9	4.3	76.9	5.2
Hawaii	61.7	0.7	62.9	1.3	DSU	DSU	60.3	1.0	63.1	1.8	DSU	DSU	55.7	4.1
Idaho	61.1	0.5	61.1	0.5	DSU	DSU	62.0	6.9	DSU	DSU	50.0	6.0	DSU	DSU
Illinois	67.1	0.1	67.3	0.2	66.4	0.3	69.5	0.9	67.5	3.7	70.5	2.0	66.7	4.3
Indiana	63.6	0.2	63.7	0.2	62.2	0.7	65.9	5.2	83.3	6.8	62.2	4.2	59.6	6.8
Iowa	66.2	0.3	66.4	0.4	57.3	2.5	58.1	7.5	DSU	DSU	68.8	6.7	DSU	DSU
Kansas	66.9	0.3	67.7	0.3	63.2	1.4	67.6	5.4	DSU	DSU	71.6	5.2	DSU	DSU
Kentucky	63.7	0.2	63.9	0.3	61.1	1.0	67.6	7.7	DSU	DSU	59.7	6.0	40.0	8.9
Louisiana	64.2	0.3	66.6	0.3	57.8	0.5	58.0	4.9	DSU	DSU	67.6	4.5	DSU	DSU
Maine	67.5	0.4	67.4	0.4	69.8	5.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	71.4	6.5	DSU	DSU
Maryland	67.0	0.2	67.8	0.3	64.2	0.5	69.4	1.9	76.2	6.6	63.1	5.3	60.6	8.5
Massachusetts	66.2	0.2	66.2	0.2	67.0	0.7	64.4	1.6	60.0	6.3	58.6	3.5	73.5	4.1
Michigan	64.1	0.1	64.5	0.2	62.7	0.3	68.2	1.5	70.0	5.5	61.6	2.0	69.8	3.6
Minnesota	59.0	0.3	59.5	0.3	52.5	1.6	48.8	2.5	DSU	DSU	62.2	3.2	68.6	7.9
Mississippi	66.9	0.3	69.2	0.4	61.9	0.6	67.7	8.4	DSU	DSU	69.1	5.6	DSU	DSU
Missouri	69.3	0.2	70.2	0.2	63.1	0.6	76.4	3.1	65.5	6.2	72.4	3.6	70.7	5.3
Montana	62.4	0.6	62.4	0.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	64.0	5.1	DSU	DSU
Nebraska	63.9	0.4	64.2	0.5	54.4	2.2	75.0	6.9	DSU	DSU	62.0	6.9	DSU	DSU
Nevada	68.6	0.3	69.2	0.4	64.7	1.3	70.1	1.6	67.7	4.2	73.5	3.8	DSU	DSU
New Hampshire	63.4	0.4	63.4	0.4	62.2	7.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
New Jersey	66.9	0.2	67.2	0.2	64.6	0.5	69.7	1.5	66.7	4.8	70.1	3.7	56.3	5.3
New Mexico	63.4	0.5	63.9	0.6	61.2	3.7	68.4	7.5	73.5	7.6	65.5	2.7	DSU	DSU
New York	63.2	0.1	64.0	0.1	61.6	0.3	59.1	0.8	60.9	3.5	59.6	2.1	64.5	3.8
North Carolina	63.3	0.2	64.6	0.2	58.5	0.4	68.6	3.0	64.6	6.9	61.1	1.8	63.9	4.6
North Dakota	68.5	0.7	68.8	0.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	55.8	5.7	DSU	DSU
Ohio	62.9	0.1	63.4	0.2	59.5	0.4	57.8	2.8	65.3	5.6	61.4	3.5	62.4	4.8
Oklahoma	63.0	0.3	63.6	0.3	55.3	1.2	59.6	4.7	74.4	6.7	59.8	1.3	56.1	4.3
Oregon	58.2	0.3	58.4	0.3	56.6	2.7	50.8	3.1	66.7	6.8	60.0	4.0	61.8	6.6
Pennsylvania	65.4	0.1	65.7	0.1	62.3	0.4	67.4	1.8	69.2	4.5	64.1	3.1	64.7	4.1
Puerto Rico	64.3	0.3	62.8	7.4	61.9	7.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Rhode Island	66.7	0.4	66.4	0.4	67.3	2.4	62.2	5.6	DSU	DSU	71.9	2.3	DSU	DSU
South Carolina	71.0	0.2	72.5	0.3	66.7	0.5	75.4	5.3	DSU	DSU	66.2	5.6	64.3	7.4
South Dakota	62.7	0.8	63.0	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	51.9	5.6	DSU	DSU
Tennessee	65.5	0.2	65.7	0.2	63.7	0.6	67.2	4.2	DSU	DSU	70.1	4.9	63.2	7.8
Texas	58.4	0.1	61.2	0.2	53.2	0.3	60.2	1.2	60.1	3.3	60.7	2.3	64.1	3.9
Utah	67.6	0.3	67.8	0.4	62.4	5.0	65.8	4.4	58.7	6.2	66.3	4.9	DSU	DSU
Vermont	59.4	0.6	59.5	0.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Virgin Islands	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Virginia	66.2	0.2	67.5	0.2	61.4	0.4	70.8	1.6	68.1	5.5	67.1	3.8	79.5	4.4
Washington	59.5	0.3	59.9	0.3	57.1	1.8	57.3	1.7	48.4	4.5	58.7	2.7	60.5	5.4
West Virginia	64.1	0.4	64.1	0.4	63.8	2.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Wisconsin	63.2	0.3	63.6	0.3	57.6	1.2	62.6	4.1	DSU	DSU	65.3	3.9	42.4	8.6
Wyoming	62.5	1.0	61.3	1.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	63.2	7.8	DSU	DSU

^a Episodes in which a person's ability to bathe improved compared to a prior assessment. Episodes for people who are at the highest level and cannot improve any more are excluded.� Also excludes records with missing race values.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Outcome and Assessment Information Set.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 10_1_7-3a: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/10_functional_status/T10_1_7-3a.html