Table 11_1_15-3

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 11_1_15.3
Short-stay^a nursing home residents who had moderate to severe pain,^b by race/ethnicity, by State, 2008^c
			Non-Hispanic
	Total		White		Black		AI/AN		API		Hispanic, all races
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	21.0	0.0	21.8	0.0	16.2	0.1	24.3	0.6	14.5	0.3	17.3	0.2
Alabama	17.7	0.2	18.7	0.3	13.7	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Alaska	36.1	2.4	37.7	2.7	DSU	DSU	21.1	5.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Arizona	27.0	0.4	27.5	0.4	23.6	2.2	27.0	1.9	16.0	4.2	23.5	1.2
Arkansas	14.1	0.3	14.5	0.3	10.7	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
California	26.6	0.1	28.6	0.2	24.6	0.5	29.3	1.9	14.8	0.4	22.9	0.4
Colorado	24.2	0.4	24.6	0.4	18.9	1.8	33.3	7.9	15.2	3.5	23.0	1.5
Connecticut	22.2	0.3	22.3	0.3	22.2	1.0	DSU	DSU	15.5	4.3	21.6	1.5
Delaware	22.3	0.6	22.7	0.7	19.0	1.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	23.7	6.9
District of Columbia	15.2	0.9	21.0	1.8	12.5	1.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Florida	21.6	0.1	23.1	0.1	16.5	0.4	23.9	3.0	17.2	1.9	12.5	0.4
Georgia	17.3	0.2	18.6	0.3	13.8	0.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	18.1	2.9
Hawaii	17.0	0.7	27.2	1.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	14.0	0.7	24.3	7.1
Idaho	30.5	0.6	30.5	0.6	DSU	DSU	37.1	8.2	DSU	DSU	26.3	4.5
Illinois	22.7	0.2	23.5	0.2	17.4	0.4	26.1	4.6	16.8	1.5	17.6	0.9
Indiana	19.1	0.2	19.4	0.2	15.0	0.7	26.0	6.2	19.6	5.6	18.5	2.5
Iowa	23.8	0.4	23.7	0.4	24.2	3.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	21.3	6.0
Kansas	20.0	0.3	20.2	0.4	17.7	1.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	17.3	3.1
Kentucky	20.4	0.3	20.5	0.3	18.4	1.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	22.7	6.3
Louisiana	14.4	0.3	15.3	0.3	11.9	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	12.2	2.8
Maine	21.8	0.5	22.1	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Maryland	13.6	0.2	14.9	0.3	10.4	0.4	20.7	4.5	8.1	1.5	13.7	2.4
Massachusetts	20.8	0.2	20.9	0.2	19.9	1.1	20.8	4.6	9.8	1.8	21.6	1.8
Michigan	22.5	0.2	22.7	0.2	20.7	0.5	19.4	4.0	19.0	3.1	19.6	1.7
Minnesota	23.2	0.3	22.9	0.3	24.3	2.3	27.7	3.9	18.3	4.0	26.7	4.8
Mississippi	15.3	0.3	16.8	0.4	11.5	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Missouri	22.5	0.2	22.7	0.2	20.6	0.8	DSU	DSU	18.5	5.3	25.1	3.2
Montana	33.9	0.8	33.8	0.8	DSU	DSU	45.1	5.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Nebraska	24.2	0.4	24.4	0.4	19.8	2.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	21.4	4.3
Nevada	24.0	0.6	24.4	0.6	23.1	2.4	DSU	DSU	19.4	3.4	21.3	3.0
New Hampshire	20.8	0.5	20.8	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
New Jersey	16.8	0.2	17.4	0.2	14.9	0.5	11.7	2.4	15.1	1.4	15.6	0.8
New Mexico	23.3	0.6	23.9	0.8	25.3	4.8	18.8	2.1	DSU	DSU	23.1	1.3
New York	15.7	0.1	16.4	0.1	12.2	0.3	21.2	2.9	10.0	0.8	11.6	0.5
North Carolina	19.4	0.2	20.4	0.2	15.1	0.4	17.2	2.5	18.9	4.1	22.4	3.2
North Dakota	23.4	0.8	22.9	0.8	DSU	DSU	46.8	7.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ohio	25.7	0.2	25.8	0.2	25.0	0.5	26.6	5.5	23.1	3.4	26.7	2.1
Oklahoma	21.5	0.4	21.8	0.4	16.4	1.4	22.7	2.0	DSU	DSU	15.7	3.4
Oregon	35.5	0.5	35.3	0.5	40.0	5.0	44.0	7.0	34.8	5.7	41.0	4.9
Pennsylvania	20.4	0.2	20.7	0.2	17.3	0.5	27.6	5.9	17.6	2.9	20.4	1.8
Puerto Rico	15.4	1.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	15.3	1.3
Rhode Island	21.3	0.6	21.7	0.6	16.9	3.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	19.7	5.1
South Carolina	17.5	0.3	18.6	0.3	13.3	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
South Dakota	23.7	0.7	23.6	0.7	DSU	DSU	25.4	4.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Tennessee	18.4	0.2	18.9	0.2	14.4	0.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	15.9	3.9
Texas	15.3	0.1	15.9	0.2	12.7	0.4	12.6	2.9	9.3	1.2	14.3	0.3
Utah	37.4	0.6	37.7	0.6	37.5	8.6	20.8	5.6	29.2	5.4	29.3	3.6
Vermont	23.9	0.8	23.8	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Virgin Islands	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Virginia	18.4	0.2	19.5	0.2	14.3	0.4	31.3	8.2	12.3	1.9	17.6	2.7
Washington	29.9	0.3	30.1	0.3	31.8	1.9	35.3	4.1	18.4	1.5	36.6	2.9
West Virginia	23.2	0.4	23.4	0.5	19.4	2.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Wisconsin	25.9	0.2	26.1	0.2	21.6	1.4	30.8	4.0	28.8	5.9	18.4	2.9
Wyoming	19.8	1.0	19.8	1.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^a Short-stay residents stay fewer than 30 days in a nursing home, typically following an acute care hospitalization.

^b Residents with moderate to severe pain experience pain at least daily, or horrible or excruciating pain at any frequency.

^c Data reflect care for the third quarter of each calendar year. Race/ethnicity categories exclude records with missing values.

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

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; API: Asian or Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Minimum Data Set.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 11_1_15-3: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/11_supportive_palliative_care/T11_1_15-3.html