Table 11_1_9-3a

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_9.3a
Home health care patients who need urgent, unplanned medical care, 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	21.7	0.0	21.6	0.0	24.2	0.1	15.6	0.2	21.7	0.5	25.8	0.3	22.6	0.6
Alabama	23.8	0.2	23.6	0.2	24.8	0.3	25.9	4.9	DSU	DSU	30.1	3.6	29.1	6.1
Alaska	23.2	0.9	22.7	1.0	23.1	4.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	31.6	3.2	DSU	DSU
Arizona	20.2	0.2	19.9	0.2	23.2	1.1	17.4	2.0	17.6	4.4	27.1	2.1	DSU	DSU
Arkansas	25.5	0.2	24.7	0.2	30.2	0.6	28.4	5.5	DSU	DSU	21.6	4.8	51.4	8.2
California	15.9	0.1	16.0	0.1	19.1	0.3	13.0	0.2	16.5	0.8	18.2	0.9	12.9	1.3
Colorado	20.1	0.2	20.2	0.2	24.6	1.3	16.2	2.2	DSU	DSU	24.2	3.5	27.5	7.1
Connecticut	26.6	0.2	25.0	0.2	34.8	0.7	20.2	2.5	26.3	5.8	25.6	3.1	30.7	5.9
Delaware	18.1	0.3	17.2	0.4	21.0	0.8	18.5	4.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
District of Columbia	17.8	0.6	12.1	1.4	18.9	0.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Florida	15.8	0.1	16.1	0.1	19.5	0.2	14.7	0.9	12.0	1.5	17.7	1.1	15.5	2.1
Georgia	23.6	0.1	23.4	0.2	24.7	0.3	21.2	2.2	23.4	5.3	21.0	3.3	24.5	4.4
Hawaii	23.7	0.5	24.5	1.0	DSU	DSU	20.6	0.7	31.9	1.4	DSU	DSU	23.8	2.8
Idaho	18.0	0.3	17.8	0.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	27.1	4.1	DSU	DSU
Illinois	19.3	0.1	19.8	0.1	19.0	0.2	12.4	0.5	18.6	2.5	15.8	1.3	18.2	2.8
Indiana	24.2	0.2	24.2	0.2	24.3	0.5	19.7	3.5	31.4	6.5	25.6	2.9	35.7	5.2
Iowa	26.7	0.3	26.4	0.3	36.3	1.7	27.0	5.2	DSU	DSU	41.5	4.8	DSU	DSU
Kansas	21.8	0.2	21.6	0.3	27.4	1.0	22.1	4.1	DSU	DSU	16.5	3.7	DSU	DSU
Kentucky	28.2	0.2	28.5	0.2	23.8	0.7	17.5	5.0	38.9	8.1	29.8	4.3	23.4	6.2
Louisiana	32.1	0.2	30.8	0.2	35.3	0.3	32.3	3.3	27.1	6.4	38.5	3.1	35.7	6.4
Maine	21.6	0.3	21.6	0.3	23.9	4.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	15.9	4.4	20.8	5.9
Maryland	21.6	0.2	21.0	0.2	24.1	0.4	14.8	1.3	25.9	6.0	32.6	4.1	28.0	6.4
Massachusetts	23.2	0.1	22.8	0.1	26.8	0.5	20.7	1.1	24.0	4.4	34.9	2.4	24.6	3.0
Michigan	19.6	0.1	20.6	0.1	16.7	0.2	11.9	0.9	25.0	4.1	23.5	1.4	19.1	2.5
Minnesota	23.2	0.2	22.5	0.2	31.8	1.1	24.7	1.7	31.4	7.9	35.9	2.3	29.0	5.8
Mississippi	29.7	0.2	28.9	0.3	31.3	0.4	33.3	6.2	DSU	DSU	32.9	4.0	DSU	DSU
Missouri	20.6	0.1	20.1	0.1	23.8	0.4	18.3	2.4	17.1	4.2	24.4	2.9	23.6	4.1
Montana	19.8	0.5	19.7	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	25.4	3.8	DSU	DSU
Nebraska	18.4	0.3	18.0	0.3	22.8	1.5	18.9	5.4	DSU	DSU	27.6	4.8	DSU	DSU
Nevada	19.2	0.2	19.7	0.3	19.2	0.8	12.1	0.9	12.3	2.3	23.9	2.8	20.0	6.0
New Hampshire	22.3	0.3	22.2	0.3	27.2	4.9	34.3	8.0	DSU	DSU	29.8	6.7	38.7	8.8
New Jersey	20.4	0.1	19.8	0.1	23.3	0.4	17.6	1.1	21.1	3.6	17.5	2.6	17.0	3.5
New Mexico	24.6	0.3	23.1	0.4	20.8	2.6	21.6	5.8	23.9	6.3	36.9	2.0	DSU	DSU
New York	24.1	0.1	22.1	0.1	29.7	0.2	23.2	0.6	26.8	2.4	25.9	1.5	31.3	2.8
North Carolina	21.9	0.1	21.2	0.1	24.0	0.3	17.2	2.1	28.2	5.3	28.8	1.4	24.7	3.4
North Dakota	18.7	0.5	18.5	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	20.9	3.6	DSU	DSU
Ohio	25.6	0.1	24.7	0.1	30.7	0.3	20.2	1.8	22.8	3.9	26.8	2.5	30.5	3.6
Oklahoma	26.7	0.2	26.2	0.2	30.1	0.8	19.3	3.1	26.7	4.8	30.1	0.8	29.1	2.6
Oregon	20.6	0.2	20.5	0.2	26.9	2.0	19.7	2.1	21.5	5.1	27.8	3.0	25.3	4.8
Pennsylvania	20.4	0.1	20.3	0.1	22.0	0.3	16.7	1.2	20.8	3.3	24.7	2.3	18.4	2.7
Puerto Rico	12.3	0.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Rhode Island	20.7	0.3	20.7	0.3	24.6	1.6	12.5	3.2	DSU	DSU	18.2	1.5	DSU	DSU
South Carolina	20.7	0.2	19.6	0.2	23.7	0.3	16.3	4.0	DSU	DSU	21.5	4.0	18.6	5.1
South Dakota	20.6	0.6	19.9	0.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	40.5	3.9	DSU	DSU
Tennessee	28.3	0.1	28.0	0.2	31.3	0.4	18.9	2.9	DSU	DSU	29.2	3.7	23.2	5.1
Texas	24.9	0.1	25.4	0.1	25.3	0.2	18.1	0.7	24.4	2.3	27.4	1.6	26.3	2.7
Utah	15.5	0.2	15.4	0.2	15.5	3.2	16.7	3.0	17.4	4.0	30.6	3.8	DSU	DSU
Vermont	24.2	0.4	24.2	0.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	29.0	7.4	DSU	DSU
Virgin Islands	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Virginia	21.8	0.1	22.0	0.2	22.5	0.3	13.0	1.0	13.3	3.4	14.9	2.5	12.7	3.2
Washington	21.7	0.2	21.5	0.2	27.4	1.3	17.3	1.2	27.1	3.5	27.2	2.0	22.9	3.9
West Virginia	31.2	0.3	30.9	0.3	36.9	1.7	35.0	7.5	DSU	DSU	36.4	7.3	DSU	DSU
Wisconsin	21.3	0.2	20.8	0.2	25.7	0.8	22.9	2.9	DSU	DSU	28.5	2.9	43.6	6.3
Wyoming	22.5	0.7	22.3	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	32.1	5.1	DSU	DSU

^a Episodes with an assessment indicating that urgent or unplanned medical care was initiated.� 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_9-3a: 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_9-3a.html