Table 10_1_2_3a

2011 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_2.3a
Home health care patients who get better at walking or moving around,^a by race and State, United States, 2009
			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	46.9	0.0	47.6	0.0	43.7	0.1	49.0	0.2	50.6	0.7	44.0	0.5	45.5	0.9
Alabama	49.4	0.2	50.7	0.3	45.1	0.5	55.7	6.4	DSU	DSU	54.8	5.4	47.7	7.5
Alaska	37.3	1.2	36.9	1.4	35.7	6.4	28.6	6.5	DSU	DSU	42.8	4.2	DSU	DSU
Arizona	43.8	0.3	43.7	0.3	41.9	1.5	48.5	3.0	46.6	5.8	39.4	2.8	DSU	DSU
Arkansas	46.8	0.3	47.2	0.4	44.3	0.9	53.7	7.8	DSU	DSU	49.0	7.1	DSU	DSU
California	48.8	0.1	49.1	0.1	43.3	0.4	49.3	0.3	52.1	1.3	47.6	1.4	45.8	2.3
Colorado	44.8	0.3	39.1	0.3	34.1	1.7	45.9	3.1	44.0	7.0	40.0	5.5	DSU	DSU
Connecticut	41.5	0.2	41.5	0.3	41.4	1.0	46.0	3.9	DSU	DSU	41.1	4.8	47.1	8.6
Delaware	50.8	0.5	51.8	0.6	46.4	1.1	55.6	6.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
District of Columbia	60.4	0.8	74.6	1.9	57.8	0.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Florida	45.5	0.1	47.7	0.1	41.4	0.4	50.4	1.5	40.8	2.8	45.1	1.7	49.0	3.5
Georgia	51.8	0.2	52.7	0.2	48.6	0.4	59.7	2.9	42.4	8.6	51.8	4.3	55.4	6.2
Hawaii	52.4	0.7	50.2	1.4	DSU	DSU	52.9	1.0	53.2	1.7	DSU	DSU	52.2	4.3
Idaho	45.9	0.5	45.7	0.5	DSU	DSU	42.6	7.2	DSU	DSU	50.7	5.8	DSU	DSU
Illinois	46.0	0.1	46.5	0.2	43.3	0.3	51.9	0.8	48.7	4.0	45.8	2.4	48.3	4.6
Indiana	44.0	0.2	44.7	0.3	39.8	0.7	56.3	4.6	DSU	DSU	34.9	4.6	51.7	6.6
Iowa	48.7	0.4	48.6	0.4	56.4	2.4	54.7	6.8	DSU	DSU	54.0	7.1	DSU	DSU
Kansas	55.0	0.3	55.4	0.4	57.7	1.4	58.3	6.4	DSU	DSU	45.8	5.5	38.7	8.8
Kentucky	45.0	0.2	45.4	0.3	40.3	0.9	55.4	6.6	DSU	DSU	44.2	5.7	43.8	8.8
Louisiana	47.6	0.3	49.7	0.3	41.6	0.5	47.8	4.7	DSU	DSU	58.0	4.5	47.6	7.7
Maine	51.8	0.4	51.9	0.4	56.9	6.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	41.3	6.2	53.5	7.6
Maryland	49.4	0.2	49.3	0.3	48.7	0.5	56.0	2.0	60.7	6.5	55.3	4.9	46.3	7.8
Massachusetts	50.5	0.2	50.2	0.2	52.3	0.7	53.8	1.5	65.7	5.7	42.9	3.6	48.9	4.2
Michigan	47.0	0.1	49.0	0.2	41.5	0.2	49.1	1.4	40.0	5.7	43.7	2.1	45.9	3.7
Minnesota	42.6	0.3	43.0	0.3	38.0	1.4	42.3	2.3	48.4	9.0	35.5	3.7	41.5	7.7
Mississippi	50.6	0.3	52.4	0.4	46.8	0.6	53.5	7.6	DSU	DSU	57.5	5.8	DSU	DSU
Missouri	51.3	0.2	51.4	0.2	49.7	0.6	57.3	3.6	63.6	7.3	52.7	4.4	49.5	5.2
Montana	55.2	0.6	55.2	0.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	51.6	5.2	DSU	DSU
Nebraska	48.5	0.4	48.7	0.5	42.7	2.0	72.7	6.7	DSU	DSU	47.9	7.2	DSU	DSU
Nevada	48.2	0.4	48.5	0.4	44.7	1.2	48.8	1.7	51.3	4.1	43.4	4.0	45.7	8.4
New Hampshire	46.4	0.4	46.3	0.4	52.2	6.1	43.9	7.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
New Jersey	52.1	0.2	52.3	0.2	48.4	0.5	57.5	1.5	69.7	4.6	52.1	4.2	56.2	5.3
New Mexico	43.0	0.5	43.1	0.6	40.7	3.8	50.0	8.1	DSU	DSU	47.5	2.6	DSU	DSU
New York	41.9	0.1	43.0	0.1	38.2	0.3	38.4	0.7	38.6	3.6	39.6	2.1	39.0	3.6
North Carolina	45.9	0.2	46.5	0.2	43.5	0.4	53.1	3.0	48.8	7.8	42.9	1.8	40.4	4.7
North Dakota	46.0	0.8	46.0	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	38.6	6.5	DSU	DSU
Ohio	45.5	0.1	45.8	0.2	43.9	0.4	44.1	2.6	46.5	5.9	43.5	3.8	39.4	4.1
Oklahoma	41.3	0.3	41.8	0.3	35.5	1.1	37.5	4.4	54.3	8.4	39.0	1.3	32.3	3.4
Oregon	44.6	0.3	44.4	0.3	51.4	2.7	54.0	2.9	49.2	6.4	41.4	3.9	51.7	6.6
Pennsylvania	47.1	0.1	47.4	0.1	43.5	0.4	52.7	1.8	56.9	5.8	48.9	3.3	46.2	4.4
Puerto Rico	55.8	0.3	81.8	6.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Rhode Island	40.5	0.4	40.0	0.4	48.0	2.5	61.8	6.6	DSU	DSU	30.2	2.3	DSU	DSU
South Carolina	57.2	0.2	58.8	0.3	52.5	0.5	59.1	5.1	DSU	DSU	61.5	6.0	56.8	7.5
South Dakota	41.7	0.9	41.8	0.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	40.5	5.2	DSU	DSU
Tennessee	51.0	0.2	51.3	0.2	48.5	0.6	60.8	4.4	DSU	DSU	57.0	5.1	50.0	7.5
Texas	40.8	0.1	43.0	0.2	35.1	0.3	40.6	1.1	46.2	3.5	41.6	2.5	40.4	3.5
Utah	53.9	0.4	53.6	0.4	46.8	5.2	57.5	4.7	56.3	6.2	45.7	4.9	DSU	DSU
Vermont	45.7	0.6	45.8	0.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Virgin Islands	40.8	4.1	DSU	DSU	38.5	4.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Virginia	49.8	0.2	50.1	0.2	47.3	0.4	59.0	1.7	64.6	5.9	45.7	4.1	44.2	5.4
Washington	44.4	0.3	44.3	0.3	38.0	1.7	46.4	1.7	43.5	4.8	47.8	2.8	42.7	6.0
West Virginia	48.4	0.4	48.5	0.4	44.3	2.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Wisconsin	47.4	0.3	47.8	0.3	40.6	1.1	49.4	4.0	DSU	DSU	42.5	4.2	DSU	DSU
Wyoming	37.3	1.0	36.2	1.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	43.3	6.1	DSU	DSU

^a. Episodes in which a person improved at walking or moving around compared with 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 March 2012

Internet Citation: Table 10_1_2_3a: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2012. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/10_functional_status/T10_1_2_3a.html