Table 11_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 11_1_7.3a
Home health care patients who have less shortness of breath, 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	60.5	0.0	61.1	0.0	59.6	0.1	63.0	0.3	62.9	0.8	57.5	0.5	60.5	1.0
Alabama	60.6	0.2	61.2	0.3	59.0	0.5	63.2	7.8	DSU	DSU	54.1	5.8	66.7	8.2
Alaska	54.5	1.6	55.3	1.8	51.4	8.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	54.8	5.8	DSU	DSU
Arizona	62.6	0.3	62.8	0.4	58.2	2.1	60.4	3.8	64.5	8.6	60.1	3.8	DSU	DSU
Arkansas	54.6	0.4	55.1	0.4	50.4	1.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	56.7	9.1	DSU	DSU
California	64.0	0.1	63.9	0.2	62.5	0.5	64.1	0.4	68.1	1.5	59.8	1.6	63.9	2.4
Colorado	60.1	0.3	57.7	0.4	56.2	2.2	59.7	4.5	DSU	DSU	57.9	5.7	DSU	DSU
Connecticut	56.6	0.3	57.0	0.3	53.8	1.1	53.4	4.6	DSU	DSU	60.7	5.3	DSU	DSU
Delaware	59.6	0.6	60.1	0.7	57.2	1.5	58.8	8.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
District of Columbia	63.3	1.1	62.7	2.9	63.6	1.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Florida	60.0	0.1	63.3	0.1	59.4	0.4	64.6	1.7	59.0	2.9	58.2	1.9	61.0	3.8
Georgia	66.6	0.2	66.5	0.3	66.7	0.5	72.5	3.5	77.1	7.1	59.6	5.2	69.8	7.0
Hawaii	67.2	0.9	63.6	1.7	DSU	DSU	70.8	1.3	65.4	2.3	DSU	DSU	58.2	5.2
Idaho	57.1	0.6	56.9	0.6	DSU	DSU	59.4	8.7	DSU	DSU	53.2	7.3	DSU	DSU
Illinois	63.6	0.2	64.1	0.2	63.5	0.3	60.5	1.0	65.4	4.1	62.5	2.5	66.7	5.1
Indiana	59.1	0.3	58.9	0.3	60.8	0.8	60.3	6.4	DSU	DSU	57.8	4.9	53.9	8.0
Iowa	56.8	0.4	56.8	0.4	56.6	2.6	52.9	8.6	DSU	DSU	61.1	8.1	DSU	DSU
Kansas	60.3	0.4	60.2	0.4	60.8	1.6	63.3	6.9	DSU	DSU	53.5	6.6	DSU	DSU
Kentucky	57.7	0.3	57.5	0.3	59.5	1.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	69.8	6.3	DSU	DSU
Louisiana	53.3	0.3	55.0	0.3	48.5	0.6	48.3	5.4	DSU	DSU	59.0	5.1	DSU	DSU
Maine	59.2	0.4	59.2	0.4	56.0	7.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	65.2	7.0	DSU	DSU
Maryland	65.5	0.3	65.0	0.3	66.8	0.6	71.4	2.5	DSU	DSU	59.6	7.2	DSU	DSU
Massachusetts	63.5	0.2	63.5	0.2	63.2	0.8	63.7	1.8	67.3	6.5	62.4	3.7	63.8	5.0
Michigan	61.2	0.1	61.3	0.2	61.1	0.3	68.9	1.7	68.4	6.2	58.8	2.3	52.5	4.2
Minnesota	56.5	0.4	56.8	0.4	54.2	1.9	58.1	3.0	DSU	DSU	43.4	3.8	DSU	DSU
Mississippi	61.4	0.3	62.1	0.4	60.0	0.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	64.3	6.4	DSU	DSU
Missouri	62.2	0.2	62.7	0.2	59.7	0.7	74.0	4.0	64.4	7.1	57.7	4.7	63.5	6.7
Montana	58.5	0.8	58.4	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	59.3	6.7	DSU	DSU
Nebraska	55.8	0.5	56.3	0.5	46.4	2.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	48.7	8.2	DSU	DSU
Nevada	62.8	0.4	63.4	0.5	59.1	1.5	60.5	1.9	53.9	4.9	56.6	4.8	DSU	DSU
New Hampshire	56.6	0.5	56.5	0.5	45.2	8.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
New Jersey	67.5	0.2	67.0	0.2	67.4	0.6	69.3	1.9	72.7	6.0	68.8	4.8	62.0	6.9
New Mexico	55.8	0.6	56.2	0.7	55.6	4.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	64.5	3.4	DSU	DSU
New York	59.8	0.1	60.3	0.2	58.1	0.4	57.5	1.1	57.9	4.3	53.9	2.4	57.5	4.4
North Carolina	61.0	0.2	60.9	0.2	60.7	0.5	63.1	4.1	68.8	8.2	63.7	2.3	65.2	5.9
North Dakota	66.4	0.8	66.9	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	45.5	6.7	DSU	DSU
Ohio	60.0	0.2	60.4	0.2	58.3	0.5	50.8	3.5	68.1	6.8	55.6	4.1	53.9	5.6
Oklahoma	55.1	0.3	55.7	0.3	50.0	1.3	60.3	5.5	52.3	7.5	50.2	1.4	50.9	4.7
Oregon	59.2	0.4	59.2	0.4	61.8	3.4	64.2	4.1	DSU	DSU	46.5	5.0	60.0	8.3
Pennsylvania	61.3	0.1	61.3	0.1	61.1	0.5	69.7	2.1	56.9	5.8	57.5	3.7	64.3	4.8
Puerto Rico	72.9	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Rhode Island	67.6	0.5	67.3	0.5	70.3	2.6	58.5	6.8	DSU	DSU	73.9	3.1	DSU	DSU
South Carolina	68.9	0.3	68.8	0.3	69.3	0.6	73.2	6.9	DSU	DSU	50.0	7.5	DSU	DSU
South Dakota	60.4	0.9	60.6	0.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	54.7	5.8	DSU	DSU
Tennessee	59.6	0.2	59.6	0.2	59.6	0.7	58.3	5.0	DSU	DSU	64.5	5.5	64.7	8.2
Texas	50.9	0.1	53.0	0.2	47.0	0.4	51.0	1.3	50.6	3.7	51.2	2.5	53.4	4.3
Utah	65.5	0.4	65.8	0.4	67.1	5.4	62.8	5.0	55.6	6.8	65.2	5.7	DSU	DSU
Vermont	49.1	0.7	49.2	0.7	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	62.0	0.2	61.9	0.3	62.1	0.5	68.3	2.2	72.9	6.4	58.0	4.7	61.5	6.8
Washington	60.5	0.3	60.4	0.3	58.5	2.2	61.8	2.2	51.8	5.5	63.0	3.2	57.7	6.9
West Virginia	56.7	0.5	56.7	0.5	58.6	2.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Wisconsin	61.1	0.3	61.3	0.3	55.9	1.5	62.9	4.7	DSU	DSU	66.7	4.5	DSU	DSU
Wyoming	49.5	1.3	49.3	1.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^a Episodes in which a person's dyspneic status 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 11_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/nhqrdr10/11_supportive_palliative_care/T11_1_7-3a.html