Table 10_1_5_4

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_5.4
Long-stay^a nursing home residents whose need for help with daily activities increased, by race/ethnicity^b and State, 2009^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	15.8	0.0	16.0	0.0	14.8	0.1	15.0	0.5	12.1	0.3	15.1	0.2
Alabama	12.5	0.3	12.7	0.3	11.7	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Alaska	13.0	1.6	13.8	2.0	DSU	DSU	11.9	3.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Arizona	16.0	0.4	16.0	0.5	13.3	1.9	16.6	1.6	15.9	4.4	16.3	1.1
Arkansas	14.4	0.3	14.8	0.3	12.4	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
California	13.1	0.1	13.5	0.2	12.8	0.4	12.9	1.5	11.0	0.4	12.4	0.3
Colorado	15.9	0.3	15.8	0.4	16.6	1.7	DSU	DSU	14.4	3.1	16.8	1.1
Connecticut	16.6	0.3	16.9	0.3	13.3	0.9	20.5	6.1	22.2	4.9	14.0	1.3
Delaware	15.3	0.7	15.4	0.8	14.1	1.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	23.4	6.2
District of Columbia	12.1	0.7	15.4	2.2	11.5	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Florida	14.4	0.2	14.9	0.2	12.7	0.4	10.6	3.2	11.8	2.0	13.8	0.5
Georgia	15.0	0.2	15.1	0.3	14.7	0.4	DSU	DSU	10.9	3.1	12.4	2.5
Hawaii	12.0	0.6	14.2	1.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	11.2	0.7	DSU	DSU
Idaho	13.9	0.6	13.8	0.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	22.4	5.1
Illinois	13.9	0.1	14.9	0.2	10.1	0.3	13.2	3.1	13.0	1.1	13.2	0.8
Indiana	21.6	0.2	21.4	0.2	24.1	0.9	DSU	DSU	23.5	5.1	19.4	2.7
Iowa	13.2	0.2	13.3	0.2	11.0	2.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Kansas	15.2	0.3	15.4	0.3	12.0	1.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	14.0	2.5
Kentucky	17.3	0.3	17.3	0.3	17.6	1.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	20.4	5.8
Louisiana	20.5	0.3	20.9	0.3	19.5	0.5	23.9	6.3	DSU	DSU	20.4	3.2
Maine	16.4	0.5	16.4	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Maryland	15.7	0.3	16.3	0.3	14.5	0.5	DSU	DSU	14.6	2.3	15.5	3.2
Massachusetts	14.0	0.2	14.1	0.2	12.3	0.9	15.9	4.6	10.2	1.6	12.7	1.3
Michigan	13.8	0.2	13.9	0.2	13.0	0.5	16.3	4.1	10.9	3.3	14.7	2.0
Minnesota	15.4	0.2	15.4	0.2	14.7	1.6	12.2	2.4	15.7	3.1	13.1	3.0
Mississippi	16.6	0.3	18.0	0.4	13.9	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Missouri	13.2	0.2	13.5	0.2	11.4	0.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	11.2	2.4
Montana	15.3	0.6	15.4	0.6	DSU	DSU	9.2	2.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Nebraska	15.5	0.4	15.7	0.4	8.6	1.6	16.7	4.4	DSU	DSU	16.1	3.9
Nevada	22.6	0.7	22.5	0.8	19.1	2.6	DSU	DSU	18.8	4.4	26.6	3.8
New Hampshire	17.3	0.5	17.2	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
New Jersey	13.2	0.2	13.4	0.2	13.1	0.5	9.7	2.8	10.7	1.1	11.2	0.7
New Mexico	18.0	0.6	19.5	0.8	20.7	4.5	15.6	1.8	DSU	DSU	15.7	1.1
New York	15.0	0.1	15.8	0.2	12.7	0.3	14.6	2.2	11.9	0.8	12.4	0.4
North Carolina	22.6	0.3	22.9	0.3	21.2	0.5	29.3	3.3	20.6	4.9	22.0	3.7
North Dakota	15.9	0.5	15.8	0.5	DSU	DSU	21.8	4.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ohio	14.4	0.1	14.6	0.2	13.2	0.4	DSU	DSU	11.0	2.5	16.0	1.8
Oklahoma	13.3	0.3	13.5	0.3	11.9	1.0	13.3	1.4	DSU	DSU	12.3	2.6
Oregon	11.7	0.4	11.6	0.5	14.3	3.3	DSU	DSU	13.8	3.7	DSU	DSU
Pennsylvania	19.4	0.2	19.0	0.2	22.6	0.5	21.4	4.9	20.6	2.7	20.8	1.6
Puerto Rico	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Rhode Island	16.7	0.5	16.7	0.5	9.9	2.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	19.8	3.7
South Carolina	13.9	0.3	14.7	0.4	12.2	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
South Dakota	15.1	0.5	15.2	0.5	DSU	DSU	14.8	2.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Tennessee	13.2	0.2	13.4	0.2	12.1	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	17.1	4.3
Texas	20.3	0.2	20.4	0.2	20.3	0.4	25.8	3.9	19.7	1.8	20.2	0.4
Utah	14.5	0.6	14.7	0.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	14.6	3.2
Vermont	17.8	0.8	17.5	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	18.0	0.3	18.0	0.3	17.8	0.5	DSU	DSU	13.2	2.4	16.8	3.0
Washington	15.2	0.3	15.3	0.3	13.4	1.6	12.2	2.9	15.4	1.7	14.9	2.3
West Virginia	17.8	0.4	17.9	0.5	13.5	2.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Wisconsin	15.4	0.2	15.4	0.2	17.0	1.5	17.6	3.2	DSU	DSU	15.5	2.8
Wyoming	14.4	0.8	14.5	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^a. �Long-stay residents typically enter a nursing facility because they can no longer care for themselves at home. They tend to stay in the facility for several months or years.

^b. Race/ethnicity categories exclude records with missing values.

^c. Data reflect care for the third quarter of each calendar year.

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.

Current as of March 2012

Internet Citation: Table 10_1_5_4: 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_5_4.html