Table 9_2_10-3

2008 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 9_2_10.3
Home health care patients who stay at home after an episode of home health care ends, by State, 2005 and 2007^a
State	2007			2005
State	Number of providers	Percent	SE	Number of providers	Percent	SE
Total	8,972	63.7	0.15	6,981	64.6	0.2
Alabama	143	65.2	0.80	140	64.2	0.8
Alaska	16	73.9	2.33	12	74.8	3.3
Arizona	85	67.7	1.16	67	69.7	1.1
Arkansas	172	59.6	0.83	161	60.1	0.9
California	649	69.7	0.43	539	71.0	0.4
Colorado	134	66.1	1.09	113	66.5	1.0
Connecticut	82	59.9	1.34	80	59.3	1.3
Delaware	18	68.3	1.72	14	68.3	2.7
District of Columbia	23	72.1	2.97	15	66.9	2.2
Florida	803	70.6	0.37	531	70.6	0.4
Georgia	98	68.7	0.90	95	66.6	1.1
Hawaii	14	73.6	2.35	14	72.9	1.9
Idaho	48	69.4	1.31	49	69.6	1.1
Illinois	483	62.7	0.60	304	65.9	0.6
Indiana	186	61.4	0.89	146	63.3	1.0
Iowa	175	57.9	1.17	162	59.2	0.9
Kansas	129	66.1	1.26	111	66.2	1.0
Kentucky	102	63.0	0.87	99	64.3	0.9
Louisiana	218	51.6	0.88	204	50.2	0.9
Maine	29	68.9	2.07	28	69.9	1.7
Maryland	48	72.2	0.87	45	71.7	0.8
Massachusetts	127	62.9	1.03	103	61.7	0.9
Michigan	380	67.7	0.48	257	69.1	0.5
Minnesota	200	61.9	1.19	163	62.0	1.2
Mississippi	54	55.6	1.47	54	57.2	1.5
Missouri	167	69.0	0.77	146	68.7	0.8
Montana	35	71.0	1.60	34	70.0	1.7
Nebraska	68	70.5	1.07	57	70.6	1.3
Nevada	68	66.7	1.21	50	68.6	1.0
New Hampshire	36	66.2	1.70	33	62.2	1.7
New Jersey	49	70.0	0.86	48	68.2	0.9
New Mexico	66	65.8	1.35	59	66.3	1.3
New York	185	57.5	1.40	183	56.8	1.4
North Carolina	168	65.7	0.62	162	66.1	0.6
North Dakota	23	73.8	3.01	25	72.8	2.5
Ohio	467	59.1	0.72	322	61.9	0.7
Oklahoma	214	54.2	0.89	187	56.6	0.9
Oregon	56	74.5	0.95	59	75.0	0.9
Pennsylvania	295	71.7	0.58	237	70.7	0.6
Rhode Island	22	64.7	2.37	21	64.8	2.0
South Carolina	67	64.8	1.04	65	64.4	1.0
South Dakota	39	72.6	1.98	34	73.7	1.8
Tennessee	139	63.8	0.76	133	63.6	0.8
Texas	1,798	56.6	0.34	1,122	58.8	0.4
Utah	68	71.9	1.06	46	70.1	1.2
Vermont	12	65.8	1.42	12	61.3	1.9
Virginia	185	67.9	0.74	150	70.2	0.7
Washington	60	75.1	0.77	57	74.7	0.8
West Virginia	61	69.3	1.21	57	69.8	1.2
Wisconsin	126	68.9	1.15	102	67.8	1.2
Wyoming	27	68.9	1.83	22	67.8	1.6

^a Data were downloaded from http://www.medicare.gov/Download/DownloadDB.asp on March 31, 2006, for the 2005 estimates and on April 18, 2008, for the 2007 estimates.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Outcome and Assessment Information Set.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 9_2_10-3: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/9_nursinghome_homehealth_hospice/T9_2_10-3.html