Table 10_1_5-3

2010 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_5.3
Long-stay^a nursing home residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased, State, by race/ethnicity, 2008^b
			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	16.2	0.0	16.4	0.0	15.2	0.1	14.9	0.5	13.0	0.3	15.0	0.2
Alabama	12.9	0.3	13.3	0.3	12.0	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Alaska	12.2	1.5	11.5	1.8	DSU	DSU	15.5	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Arizona	16.4	0.4	16.9	0.5	14.6	2.0	15.9	1.6	20.9	5.0	14.3	1.1
Arkansas	15.8	0.3	15.6	0.3	16.8	0.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
California	13.8	0.1	14.5	0.2	13.0	0.4	14.0	1.6	12.4	0.4	12.1	0.3
Colorado	15.3	0.3	15.4	0.3	15.9	1.7	DSU	DSU	11.2	2.7	14.6	1.1
Connecticut	17.4	0.3	17.8	0.3	15.2	0.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	13.9	1.3
Delaware	16.7	0.7	16.4	0.8	18.6	1.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
District of Columbia	16.0	0.9	16.5	2.3	15.9	0.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Florida	15.7	0.2	16.0	0.2	14.2	0.4	15.4	3.8	14.4	2.3	15.1	0.6
Georgia	14.8	0.2	15.0	0.3	14.4	0.4	DSU	DSU	16.9	4.0	20.1	3.2
Hawaii	13.8	0.7	14.4	1.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	13.6	0.8	DSU	DSU
Idaho	14.9	0.6	14.9	0.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	21.1	5.4
Illinois	14.3	0.1	15.0	0.2	11.3	0.3	14.3	3.0	13.5	1.1	11.9	0.8
Indiana	22.7	0.2	22.6	0.3	24.7	0.9	DSU	DSU	29.3	5.3	22.8	2.7
Iowa	14.3	0.2	14.3	0.2	13.4	2.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Kansas	14.6	0.3	14.6	0.3	13.0	1.3	18.6	5.1	DSU	DSU	20.5	2.8
Kentucky	18.3	0.3	18.2	0.3	19.1	1.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	26.0	6.2
Louisiana	21.1	0.3	21.3	0.3	20.4	0.5	23.9	6.3	23.5	5.9	21.2	3.3
Maine	18.2	0.5	18.0	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Maryland	16.3	0.3	16.4	0.3	15.8	0.5	DSU	DSU	12.2	2.1	13.0	2.9
Massachusetts	15.2	0.2	15.3	0.2	14.1	1.0	DSU	DSU	7.1	1.4	14.1	1.4
Michigan	14.4	0.2	14.7	0.2	13.0	0.5	13.3	3.6	DSU	DSU	13.4	2.0
Minnesota	16.1	0.2	16.1	0.2	16.8	1.7	13.5	2.5	10.2	2.7	12.3	3.1
Mississippi	16.5	0.3	17.1	0.4	15.3	0.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Missouri	13.8	0.2	14.2	0.2	11.2	0.6	19.4	5.0	DSU	DSU	12.7	2.7
Montana	15.8	0.6	15.5	0.6	DSU	DSU	20.6	3.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Nebraska	15.6	0.4	15.6	0.4	15.6	2.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	16.7	4.1
Nevada	22.7	0.7	22.9	0.8	22.5	2.8	DSU	DSU	16.7	4.6	20.5	3.5
New Hampshire	18.3	0.5	18.2	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
New Jersey	12.9	0.2	13.3	0.2	11.3	0.4	20.0	3.8	8.4	1.1	12.7	0.8
New Mexico	18.2	0.6	18.9	0.8	18.1	4.5	13.7	1.7	DSU	DSU	18.5	1.1
New York	13.4	0.1	14.2	0.1	11.0	0.3	14.7	2.2	11.0	0.8	10.5	0.4
North Carolina	23.6	0.3	23.8	0.3	22.8	0.5	22.6	2.9	32.4	5.7	30.8	4.1
North Dakota	16.9	0.5	17.0	0.5	DSU	DSU	13.1	3.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ohio	14.7	0.1	14.8	0.2	14.3	0.4	DSU	DSU	10.8	2.4	13.7	1.7
Oklahoma	12.5	0.3	12.8	0.3	11.0	1.0	9.5	1.2	DSU	DSU	9.6	2.4
Oregon	13.0	0.5	13.0	0.5	13.1	3.4	DSU	DSU	11.6	3.5	DSU	DSU
Pennsylvania	20.8	0.2	20.5	0.2	23.7	0.6	DSU	DSU	23.8	2.8	22.6	1.7
Puerto Rico	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Rhode Island	14.2	0.4	14.3	0.5	12.6	2.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	9.2	2.6
South Carolina	13.8	0.3	14.4	0.4	12.4	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
South Dakota	16.4	0.5	16.5	0.5	DSU	DSU	15.2	2.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Tennessee	14.6	0.2	14.6	0.2	14.7	0.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	13.9	4.1
Texas	20.0	0.2	20.1	0.2	18.5	0.4	16.3	3.3	17.7	1.8	20.8	0.4
Utah	16.5	0.6	16.4	0.6	DSU	DSU	24.7	4.9	DSU	DSU	19.3	3.6
Vermont	20.1	0.8	20.1	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	18.8	0.3	19.1	0.3	17.7	0.5	DSU	DSU	20.9	2.9	16.2	3.0
Washington	14.7	0.3	14.8	0.3	14.9	1.7	16.7	3.2	16.6	1.8	9.8	2.0
West Virginia	17.9	0.4	17.9	0.4	14.9	2.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Wisconsin	16.2	0.2	16.0	0.2	20.0	1.6	21.6	3.5	18.9	5.4	12.8	2.6
Wyoming	16.3	0.8	16.4	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

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

^b Data reflect care for the third quarter of each calendar year.� Race/ethnicity categories exclude records with missing values.

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.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 10_1_5-3: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/10_functional_status/T10_1_5-3.html