T11_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 11_1_5.4
Low-risk long-stay^a nursing home residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder, 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	6.20	0.02	6.23	0.02	6.32	0.06	7.72	0.36	4.53	0.15	5.79	0.10
Alabama	5.44	0.16	5.14	0.18	6.39	0.34	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	0.00	0.00
Alaska	9.04	1.24	10.23	1.62	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Arizona	8.49	0.30	8.24	0.35	7.75	1.36	11.94	1.40	14.47	4.04	8.29	0.81
Arkansas	5.83	0.19	5.59	0.20	7.20	0.54	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
California	6.46	0.09	6.44	0.11	7.03	0.27	6.91	1.11	5.09	0.24	7.00	0.23
Colorado	8.07	0.23	8.07	0.25	9.88	1.24	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	7.35	0.75
Connecticut	4.54	0.14	4.70	0.15	3.86	0.44	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	3.40	0.61
Delaware	4.39	0.34	4.57	0.40	4.02	0.71	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
District of Columbia	2.66	0.34	3.79	1.07	2.52	0.36	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Florida	6.81	0.11	6.80	0.12	7.59	0.27	DSU	DSU	5.88	1.28	5.55	0.31
Georgia	5.09	0.12	4.79	0.15	5.67	0.23	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	6.59	1.54
Hawaii	3.55	0.32	3.68	0.72	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	3.53	0.36	DSU	DSU
Idaho	7.98	0.45	7.96	0.46	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Illinois	5.82	0.09	5.86	0.10	5.79	0.22	DSU	DSU	4.63	0.65	5.68	0.51
Indiana	6.63	0.13	6.55	0.14	7.41	0.50	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	7.30	1.70
Iowa	6.57	0.16	6.55	0.16	8.99	1.72	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Kansas	6.03	0.18	5.99	0.19	6.74	0.93	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	5.99	1.61
Kentucky	7.67	0.18	7.64	0.19	8.08	0.67	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Louisiana	7.17	0.17	6.65	0.20	8.49	0.34	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Maine	6.78	0.35	6.87	0.35	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Maryland	5.22	0.16	4.92	0.19	5.88	0.29	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	6.90	1.92
Massachusetts	5.43	0.12	5.47	0.12	5.13	0.54	DSU	DSU	3.40	0.89	3.84	0.68
Michigan	6.04	0.13	5.85	0.14	7.11	0.36	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	4.64	1.13
Minnesota	6.00	0.15	6.00	0.15	5.25	0.92	8.00	1.92	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Mississippi	5.27	0.18	4.70	0.22	6.28	0.34	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Missouri	5.50	0.13	5.51	0.13	5.48	0.37	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Montana	7.04	0.38	6.90	0.39	DSU	DSU	9.57	2.15	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Nebraska	8.33	0.26	8.27	0.27	8.28	1.50	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	15.22	3.74
Nevada	9.14	0.48	8.66	0.52	13.31	1.94	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	11.05	2.39
New Hampshire	6.24	0.31	6.19	0.31	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
New Jersey	5.16	0.11	5.21	0.13	5.53	0.29	DSU	DSU	3.30	0.61	4.14	0.41
New Mexico	6.18	0.35	5.93	0.45	14.74	3.64	7.01	1.21	DSU	DSU	5.68	0.64
New York	5.22	0.07	5.78	0.09	3.89	0.15	6.56	1.83	3.21	0.40	3.70	0.21
North Carolina	5.72	0.13	5.42	0.15	6.58	0.27	5.26	1.48	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
North Dakota	7.46	0.36	7.42	0.36	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ohio	7.12	0.10	7.07	0.11	7.58	0.28	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	5.47	1.06
Oklahoma	6.38	0.19	6.15	0.20	7.89	0.78	8.23	1.03	DSU	DSU	9.44	2.18
Oregon	9.82	0.39	10.04	0.41	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Pennsylvania	6.44	0.09	6.42	0.10	6.72	0.30	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	6.69	0.91
Puerto Rico	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Rhode Island	4.43	0.25	4.43	0.26	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	0.00	0.00	DSU	DSU
South Carolina	4.32	0.17	4.27	0.20	4.40	0.30	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
South Dakota	7.58	0.34	7.53	0.35	DSU	DSU	8.30	1.66	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Tennessee	6.30	0.15	6.21	0.16	6.83	0.38	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Texas	5.96	0.08	5.80	0.10	7.08	0.25	DSU	DSU	3.20	0.72	5.85	0.21
Utah	8.12	0.43	7.96	0.44	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	9.86	2.50
Vermont	8.99	0.56	8.95	0.56	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Virgin Islands	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Virginia	5.88	0.15	5.60	0.17	6.56	0.32	DSU	DSU	4.88	1.37	11.34	2.28
Washington	9.35	0.24	9.39	0.26	11.66	1.37	9.22	2.44	7.28	1.12	7.75	1.62
West Virginia	7.06	0.28	6.93	0.28	9.64	1.62	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Wisconsin	7.49	0.16	7.44	0.16	10.05	1.07	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Wyoming	8.17	0.59	8.31	0.61	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 no 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.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: T11_1_5_4: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/11_supportive_palliative_care/T11_1_5_4.html