Table 10_1_7_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_7.3a
Home health care patients who get better at bathing,^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	65.1	0.0	65.9	0.0	62.7	0.1	64.7	0.2	65.9	0.7	63.4	0.5	63.9	0.8
Alabama	66.3	0.2	67.6	0.2	61.9	0.5	75.0	5.6	DSU	DSU	74.7	4.8	74.5	6.4
Alaska	55.7	1.2	56.1	1.4	48.2	6.7	58.3	7.1	DSU	DSU	53.2	4.2	DSU	DSU
Arizona	64.3	0.2	64.8	0.3	61.2	1.5	61.7	2.9	66.7	5.4	60.6	2.8	DSU	DSU
Arkansas	66.0	0.3	66.8	0.3	60.3	0.9	62.5	7.7	DSU	DSU	67.3	6.5	56.3	8.8
California	65.7	0.1	66.0	0.1	62.3	0.4	65.6	0.3	68.4	1.2	65.1	1.3	63.4	2.2
Colorado	63.3	0.3	60.1	0.3	58.9	1.8	60.4	3.0	75.5	6.1	59.0	5.4	DSU	DSU
Connecticut	61.2	0.2	61.4	0.3	58.1	1.0	60.8	3.7	DSU	DSU	67.3	4.4	70.3	7.5
Delaware	68.4	0.5	70.0	0.5	62.3	1.1	59.7	6.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
District of Columbia	70.9	0.8	81.8	1.7	69.2	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Florida	65.2	0.1	67.7	0.1	61.3	0.3	67.7	1.4	64.5	2.7	64.3	1.7	62.8	3.3
Georgia	67.8	0.2	68.8	0.2	64.5	0.4	68.2	2.7	60.0	8.9	73.6	3.7	65.7	5.8
Hawaii	58.6	0.7	58.4	1.3	70.0	8.4	56.4	1.0	63.9	1.6	DSU	DSU	61.0	4.2
Idaho	62.2	0.5	62.2	0.5	DSU	DSU	62.0	6.9	DSU	DSU	63.9	5.7	DSU	DSU
Illinois	68.8	0.1	68.3	0.2	69.6	0.3	75.4	0.7	68.5	3.7	67.6	2.2	68.6	4.2
Indiana	64.6	0.2	64.7	0.2	63.0	0.7	62.8	4.4	DSU	DSU	58.2	4.7	76.3	5.5
Iowa	67.5	0.3	67.7	0.3	62.8	2.3	51.0	7.1	DSU	DSU	72.0	6.4	DSU	DSU
Kansas	69.3	0.3	70.1	0.3	63.9	1.4	54.8	6.3	DSU	DSU	67.9	5.1	DSU	DSU
Kentucky	64.0	0.2	64.4	0.2	59.3	0.9	70.9	6.1	DSU	DSU	66.2	5.5	57.6	8.6
Louisiana	65.5	0.3	67.8	0.3	59.1	0.5	67.6	4.4	DSU	DSU	73.7	4.1	51.1	7.5
Maine	69.0	0.3	69.1	0.4	78.1	5.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	62.3	6.2	77.8	6.2
Maryland	69.1	0.2	69.5	0.3	67.7	0.4	68.5	1.9	80.7	5.2	67.6	4.6	71.4	7.0
Massachusetts	67.4	0.1	67.5	0.2	66.5	0.7	66.1	1.4	63.2	5.5	62.6	3.4	69.9	3.7
Michigan	64.8	0.1	65.1	0.1	63.8	0.2	69.0	1.3	59.7	5.6	61.7	2.0	56.8	3.7
Minnesota	60.6	0.3	61.2	0.3	54.6	1.4	52.7	2.3	50.0	9.1	62.0	3.7	63.0	7.1
Mississippi	67.1	0.3	68.9	0.3	63.4	0.5	74.4	6.7	DSU	DSU	76.0	4.9	DSU	DSU
Missouri	70.2	0.2	71.0	0.2	65.3	0.6	72.1	3.1	71.1	6.8	64.4	4.1	69.6	4.8
Montana	65.0	0.6	64.9	0.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	68.7	4.7	DSU	DSU
Nebraska	63.9	0.4	64.4	0.4	53.1	2.0	69.8	7.0	DSU	DSU	68.1	6.8	DSU	DSU
Nevada	67.8	0.3	68.7	0.4	65.0	1.2	66.1	1.6	67.6	3.8	65.8	3.8	64.9	7.9
New Hampshire	66.5	0.4	66.5	0.4	75.0	5.3	70.0	7.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
New Jersey	68.4	0.2	68.5	0.2	66.4	0.5	70.7	1.4	78.9	4.0	73.3	3.6	74.4	4.6
New Mexico	64.1	0.4	65.5	0.6	60.0	3.6	71.8	7.2	DSU	DSU	65.2	2.5	DSU	DSU
New York	63.2	0.1	64.2	0.1	61.9	0.3	57.0	0.8	62.6	3.5	58.6	2.1	58.1	3.6
North Carolina	63.1	0.2	64.3	0.2	58.7	0.4	67.7	2.8	72.1	6.8	58.4	1.7	65.7	4.6
North Dakota	68.5	0.8	68.6	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	66.2	5.9	DSU	DSU
Ohio	62.8	0.1	63.4	0.2	59.9	0.4	53.3	2.6	63.5	5.6	59.0	3.7	62.3	3.9
Oklahoma	62.9	0.3	63.7	0.3	56.3	1.1	54.9	4.5	55.3	8.1	60.2	1.3	59.2	3.5
Oregon	57.1	0.3	57.1	0.3	58.7	2.6	61.2	2.8	55.4	6.2	67.5	3.7	48.3	6.6
Pennsylvania	65.9	0.1	66.1	0.1	63.3	0.4	67.4	1.6	64.5	5.5	69.4	3.0	67.7	4.0
Puerto Rico	62.9	0.3	67.6	7.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Rhode Island	65.9	0.4	65.8	0.4	70.1	2.3	61.4	6.5	DSU	DSU	62.4	2.4	DSU	DSU
South Carolina	71.5	0.2	73.1	0.3	66.8	0.5	69.8	4.7	DSU	DSU	76.9	5.2	76.2	6.6
South Dakota	65.5	0.8	65.5	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	69.6	4.8	DSU	DSU
Tennessee	65.4	0.2	65.9	0.2	61.9	0.5	67.9	4.1	71.0	8.2	63.0	5.0	73.9	6.5
Texas	58.9	0.1	62.0	0.2	53.3	0.3	57.6	1.1	57.8	3.4	62.1	2.4	61.3	3.5
Utah	67.3	0.3	67.1	0.4	59.0	4.9	69.6	4.3	66.7	5.7	65.4	4.6	DSU	DSU
Vermont	63.9	0.6	63.9	0.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Virgin Islands	58.3	4.2	DSU	DSU	60.0	4.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Virginia	66.9	0.2	67.7	0.2	63.2	0.4	70.5	1.6	76.5	5.1	68.9	3.8	71.8	4.9
Washington	58.7	0.3	58.7	0.3	54.0	1.7	52.5	1.7	57.1	4.7	60.8	2.7	60.9	5.9
West Virginia	63.3	0.4	63.5	0.4	57.4	2.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Wisconsin	64.7	0.3	64.9	0.3	60.9	1.1	56.4	3.9	DSU	DSU	53.5	4.2	DSU	DSU
Wyoming	64.0	1.0	62.9	1.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	70.2	5.6	DSU	DSU

^a. Episodes in which a person's ability to bathe improved 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_7_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_7_3a.html