Table 10_1_2_3b

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_2.3b
Home health care patients who got better at walking or moving around,^a by ethnicity and State, United States, 2009
			Non-Hispanic				Hispanic, all races
	Total		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	46.9	0.0	47.6	0.0	43.7	0.1	43.7	0.1
Alabama	49.4	0.2	50.7	0.3	45.1	0.5	53.7	4.5
Alaska	37.3	1.2	36.9	1.4	35.7	6.4	34.3	8.0
Arizona	43.8	0.3	43.7	0.3	41.8	1.5	46.9	0.9
Arkansas	46.8	0.3	47.2	0.4	44.3	0.9	46.7	4.8
California	48.8	0.1	49.1	0.1	43.3	0.4	49.3	0.3
Colorado	44.8	0.3	39.1	0.3	34.1	1.7	43.8	1.1
Connecticut	41.5	0.2	41.5	0.3	41.4	1.0	42.6	1.2
Delaware	50.8	0.5	51.8	0.6	46.4	1.1	48.5	3.5
District of Columbia	60.4	0.8	74.6	1.9	57.8	0.9	57.1	7.1
Florida	45.5	0.1	47.7	0.1	41.4	0.4	35.8	0.2
Georgia	51.8	0.2	52.7	0.2	48.6	0.4	52.5	2.2
Hawaii	52.4	0.7	50.2	1.4	DSU	DSU	55.6	5.0
Idaho	45.9	0.5	45.7	0.5	DSU	DSU	52.2	3.5
Illinois	46.0	0.1	46.5	0.2	43.3	0.3	46.6	0.6
Indiana	44.0	0.2	44.7	0.3	39.8	0.7	40.7	2.0
Iowa	48.7	0.4	48.5	0.4	56.4	2.4	56.9	4.5
Kansas	55.0	0.3	55.4	0.4	57.8	1.4	55.0	2.7
Kentucky	45.0	0.2	45.4	0.3	40.3	0.9	38.2	4.4
Louisiana	47.6	0.3	49.7	0.3	41.6	0.5	48.9	2.6
Maine	51.8	0.4	51.9	0.4	56.1	6.6	53.3	9.1
Maryland	49.4	0.2	49.3	0.3	48.7	0.5	55.1	2.2
Massachusetts	50.5	0.2	50.2	0.2	52.2	0.7	55.0	0.8
Michigan	47.0	0.1	49.0	0.2	41.5	0.2	49.9	1.2
Minnesota	42.6	0.3	43.0	0.3	38.0	1.4	38.7	3.3
Mississippi	50.6	0.3	52.4	0.4	46.8	0.6	49.1	6.6
Missouri	51.3	0.2	51.4	0.2	49.7	0.6	54.4	2.8
Montana	55.2	0.6	55.2	0.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Nebraska	48.5	0.4	48.7	0.5	42.7	2.0	51.3	4.1
Nevada	48.2	0.4	48.5	0.4	44.7	1.2	47.2	1.4
New Hampshire	46.4	0.4	46.3	0.4	52.2	6.1	56.7	6.4
New Jersey	52.1	0.2	52.3	0.2	48.4	0.5	53.1	0.8
New Mexico	43.0	0.5	43.2	0.6	40.7	3.8	43.3	0.8
New York	41.9	0.1	43.0	0.1	38.2	0.3	38.1	0.4
North Carolina	45.9	0.2	46.5	0.2	43.5	0.4	49.1	2.1
North Dakota	46.0	0.8	46.0	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ohio	45.5	0.1	45.8	0.2	43.9	0.4	46.6	1.7
Oklahoma	41.3	0.3	41.8	0.3	35.5	1.1	43.0	2.6
Oregon	44.6	0.3	44.4	0.3	51.4	2.7	50.7	3.0
Pennsylvania	47.1	0.1	47.4	0.1	43.5	0.4	50.1	1.0
Puerto Rico	55.8	0.3	80.0	7.3	DSU	DSU	55.8	0.3
Rhode Island	40.5	0.4	40.0	0.4	48.4	2.5	54.2	2.4
South Carolina	57.2	0.2	58.8	0.3	52.5	0.5	61.3	3.5
South Dakota	41.7	0.9	41.8	0.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Tennessee	51.0	0.2	51.3	0.2	48.5	0.6	59.9	3.8
Texas	40.8	0.1	43.0	0.2	35.1	0.3	38.3	0.2
Utah	53.9	0.4	53.6	0.4	47.3	5.2	53.1	2.3
Vermont	45.7	0.6	45.8	0.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Virgin Islands	40.8	4.1	DSU	DSU	38.5	4.5	DSU	DSU
Virginia	49.8	0.2	50.1	0.2	47.3	0.4	57.3	2.1
Washington	44.4	0.3	44.3	0.3	38.0	1.7	48.0	2.3
West Virginia	48.4	0.4	48.5	0.4	44.3	2.2	DSU	DSU
Wisconsin	47.4	0.3	47.7	0.3	40.6	1.1	53.9	2.4
Wyoming	37.3	1.0	36.2	1.1	DSU	DSU	43.1	6.1

^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: 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_3b: 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_3b.html