Table 10_1_8_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_8.3a
Home health care patients who got better at taking their medication correctly,^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	43.4	0.0	43.8	0.0	44.9	0.1	40.8	0.3	42.7	0.8	42.0	0.6	42.1	1.0
Alabama	47.0	0.3	47.4	0.3	46.1	0.6	55.3	7.3	DSU	DSU	58.5	6.1	58.8	8.4
Alaska	30.4	1.4	31.3	1.6	38.2	8.3	20.0	6.0	DSU	DSU	22.4	4.0	DSU	DSU
Arizona	41.5	0.3	41.7	0.4	42.4	1.9	35.0	3.4	40.5	7.6	42.3	3.9	DSU	DSU
Arkansas	43.2	0.4	44.1	0.4	37.8	1.1	36.4	8.4	DSU	DSU	38.7	8.8	DSU	DSU
California	40.5	0.1	40.5	0.1	42.2	0.5	38.4	0.3	43.1	1.4	39.8	1.6	37.3	2.6
Colorado	40.8	0.3	36.6	0.4	37.6	2.2	41.1	3.4	48.5	8.7	31.4	6.5	DSU	DSU
Connecticut	37.3	0.3	37.1	0.3	39.9	1.2	30.0	4.2	DSU	DSU	40.3	6.2	DSU	DSU
Delaware	48.9	0.6	50.2	0.7	43.3	1.5	51.1	7.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
District of Columbia	62.4	1.0	76.9	2.4	60.4	1.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Florida	41.8	0.1	44.8	0.1	41.1	0.4	46.1	1.7	41.8	3.5	43.0	2.2	44.1	4.2
Georgia	45.2	0.2	45.5	0.3	44.1	0.5	37.0	3.3	DSU	DSU	46.3	5.1	52.3	7.5
Hawaii	35.5	0.8	37.5	1.6	DSU	DSU	31.4	1.1	40.7	1.9	DSU	DSU	39.0	5.0
Idaho	35.1	0.6	34.9	0.6	DSU	DSU	35.7	7.4	DSU	DSU	47.7	7.5	DSU	DSU
Illinois	50.9	0.2	49.4	0.2	53.9	0.3	56.8	0.9	48.7	4.6	49.1	2.7	52.9	5.4
Indiana	42.3	0.3	42.0	0.3	45.0	0.9	41.8	5.2	DSU	DSU	43.5	6.0	51.4	8.2
Iowa	45.3	0.4	45.6	0.4	41.8	2.7	38.5	6.8	DSU	DSU	41.2	8.4	DSU	DSU
Kansas	43.6	0.4	44.0	0.4	40.8	1.6	33.3	6.6	DSU	DSU	46.2	6.2	DSU	DSU
Kentucky	42.4	0.3	42.5	0.3	40.6	1.3	47.2	8.3	DSU	DSU	47.8	7.4	DSU	DSU
Louisiana	46.4	0.3	48.7	0.4	40.4	0.6	37.6	5.0	DSU	DSU	47.2	5.9	45.2	8.9
Maine	44.2	0.5	44.3	0.5	61.5	7.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	28.6	7.6	53.3	9.1
Maryland	44.0	0.3	44.3	0.3	42.9	0.6	41.1	2.4	40.5	7.6	47.5	5.6	DSU	DSU
Massachusetts	51.2	0.2	51.5	0.2	49.8	0.9	52.3	1.7	58.0	7.0	38.2	3.8	54.5	5.0
Michigan	45.0	0.2	43.3	0.2	50.1	0.3	48.9	1.7	44.2	6.9	42.1	2.6	33.1	4.2
Minnesota	37.8	0.3	38.2	0.3	37.4	1.6	30.7	2.2	DSU	DSU	37.7	4.3	35.3	8.2
Mississippi	48.5	0.4	49.0	0.5	47.8	0.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	55.0	7.9	DSU	DSU
Missouri	48.0	0.2	48.4	0.3	44.6	0.7	44.9	4.3	DSU	DSU	44.7	5.1	50.0	6.5
Montana	39.3	0.8	39.3	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	38.6	6.5	DSU	DSU
Nebraska	41.8	0.5	41.7	0.6	41.0	2.4	64.7	8.2	DSU	DSU	31.3	8.2	DSU	DSU
Nevada	49.4	0.4	50.8	0.5	45.7	1.5	45.5	2.0	49.0	5.1	50.0	4.9	DSU	DSU
New Hampshire	46.1	0.5	46.2	0.5	30.0	7.3	45.5	8.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
New Jersey	47.3	0.2	47.3	0.2	48.4	0.7	46.6	1.7	44.3	5.9	48.9	5.3	43.8	6.2
New Mexico	41.2	0.6	42.0	0.8	45.5	4.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	46.5	2.9	DSU	DSU
New York	43.7	0.2	43.1	0.2	48.3	0.5	41.2	0.9	45.8	4.6	40.4	2.8	34.8	4.4
North Carolina	36.5	0.2	37.0	0.2	34.7	0.4	36.6	3.3	DSU	DSU	33.5	2.1	41.9	5.7
North Dakota	54.9	0.9	55.0	0.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	50.0	6.8	DSU	DSU
Ohio	41.5	0.2	41.4	0.2	43.0	0.5	32.3	2.9	43.5	7.3	42.5	4.7	36.6	5.0
Oklahoma	43.1	0.4	43.3	0.4	40.2	1.5	40.2	5.3	DSU	DSU	44.3	1.6	38.8	4.4
Oregon	31.9	0.3	31.6	0.3	43.2	3.2	33.9	3.0	32.6	7.2	39.3	4.6	42.5	7.8
Pennsylvania	45.5	0.1	45.2	0.1	48.5	0.5	51.3	2.0	37.0	6.6	40.8	4.0	50.0	5.5
Puerto Rico	39.9	0.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Rhode Island	48.4	0.5	48.0	0.5	53.9	3.1	42.9	6.6	DSU	DSU	46.0	3.2	DSU	DSU
South Carolina	48.0	0.3	49.4	0.3	44.0	0.6	45.7	6.0	DSU	DSU	45.7	7.3	DSU	DSU
South Dakota	40.3	1.0	40.4	1.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	40.0	5.5	DSU	DSU
Tennessee	45.8	0.2	46.1	0.2	43.7	0.7	44.3	5.0	DSU	DSU	45.6	6.0	43.8	8.8
Texas	38.6	0.1	40.6	0.2	37.2	0.4	36.9	1.2	39.9	4.0	40.9	3.1	37.6	4.3
Utah	45.3	0.4	45.4	0.5	46.6	6.6	31.2	4.8	58.0	7.0	41.3	5.7	DSU	DSU
Vermont	44.3	0.7	44.3	0.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Virgin Islands	21.7	5.0	DSU	DSU	21.1	5.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Virginia	43.3	0.2	43.7	0.3	41.7	0.5	47.8	2.0	55.6	7.4	45.4	5.1	37.5	6.1
Washington	34.4	0.3	34.7	0.3	35.5	1.9	27.1	1.6	30.7	4.9	41.2	3.2	39.6	7.1
West Virginia	42.0	0.4	42.0	0.4	40.9	2.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Wisconsin	41.2	0.3	41.4	0.3	39.1	1.4	29.7	3.8	DSU	DSU	30.9	4.8	DSU	DSU
Wyoming	38.1	1.3	38.3	1.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	39.5	7.9	DSU	DSU

^a. Episodes in which a person showed improvement in ability to manage oral medications 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_8_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_8_3a.html