T11_1_15_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_15.4
Short-stay^a nursing home residents who had moderate to severe pain, 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	20.1	0.0	20.9	0.0	15.5	0.1	23.5	0.6	14.2	0.3	17.0	0.2
Alabama	15.9	0.2	16.8	0.3	12.2	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Alaska	34.1	2.3	34.6	2.6	DSU	DSU	27.8	6.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Arizona	27.4	0.4	28.0	0.4	26.7	2.1	27.5	1.8	16.5	3.8	25.0	1.3
Arkansas	12.8	0.3	13.2	0.3	9.0	0.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
California	26.2	0.1	28.2	0.2	24.4	0.5	16.5	1.5	14.6	0.4	23.2	0.4
Colorado	24.6	0.4	24.8	0.4	18.9	1.8	DSU	DSU	22.3	4.1	24.4	1.4
Connecticut	20.1	0.2	20.3	0.3	18.8	1.0	DSU	DSU	13.8	3.7	20.1	1.5
Delaware	20.8	0.6	21.3	0.7	17.8	1.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	19.2	5.7
District of Columbia	14.6	0.8	20.3	1.7	11.8	1.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Florida	20.2	0.1	21.5	0.1	15.5	0.4	23.6	3.4	16.0	1.8	11.4	0.4
Georgia	15.4	0.2	16.6	0.3	12.1	0.4	DSU	DSU	9.8	2.9	12.5	2.0
Hawaii	15.3	0.6	21.5	1.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	13.4	0.7	DSU	DSU
Idaho	29.7	0.6	29.7	0.6	DSU	DSU	48.1	6.9	DSU	DSU	24.1	4.8
Illinois	21.3	0.2	22.1	0.2	15.9	0.4	27.0	4.4	16.4	1.4	17.8	0.9
Indiana	17.8	0.2	18.1	0.2	13.9	0.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	17.4	2.6
Iowa	24.5	0.3	24.5	0.4	29.3	3.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	19.6	5.3
Kansas	19.3	0.3	19.6	0.4	12.3	1.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	20.3	2.9
Kentucky	19.4	0.3	19.5	0.3	17.6	1.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Louisiana	14.8	0.3	15.7	0.3	12.2	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	15.7	3.3
Maine	23.3	0.5	23.2	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Maryland	13.3	0.2	14.4	0.2	11.0	0.4	29.4	5.5	9.3	1.5	10.7	1.8
Massachusetts	19.4	0.2	19.4	0.2	17.8	1.0	20.0	5.7	12.8	1.8	19.2	1.6
Michigan	21.9	0.2	22.2	0.2	19.1	0.5	37.1	5.1	16.1	2.9	22.1	1.9
Minnesota	23.8	0.3	23.6	0.3	31.6	2.4	31.9	3.9	17.7	4.3	21.0	4.1
Mississippi	14.5	0.3	16.4	0.4	9.6	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Missouri	20.9	0.2	21.2	0.2	18.6	0.7	16.4	4.7	15.4	4.5	19.3	2.8
Montana	29.6	0.7	29.4	0.8	DSU	DSU	35.7	4.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Nebraska	22.5	0.4	22.6	0.4	18.6	2.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	21.8	4.4
Nevada	20.9	0.5	21.8	0.6	17.0	2.1	19.6	5.9	DSU	DSU	17.4	2.6
New Hampshire	22.9	0.5	22.8	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
New Jersey	14.9	0.2	15.1	0.2	13.7	0.4	8.2	2.0	14.4	1.4	14.8	0.7
New Mexico	25.3	0.6	26.3	0.8	22.0	4.6	18.9	2.0	DSU	DSU	23.2	1.2
New York	15.2	0.1	15.8	0.1	11.9	0.3	20.3	2.9	9.8	0.8	13.2	0.5
North Carolina	18.1	0.2	18.9	0.2	14.5	0.4	19.6	2.6	15.6	3.5	18.9	2.7
North Dakota	23.6	0.8	22.7	0.8	DSU	DSU	50.0	6.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ohio	24.7	0.2	24.8	0.2	24.2	0.5	DSU	DSU	15.3	2.7	24.9	2.0
Oklahoma	22.1	0.4	22.2	0.4	18.4	1.5	25.1	2.0	DSU	DSU	17.0	3.6
Oregon	33.9	0.4	33.9	0.5	31.7	4.6	37.5	7.0	22.6	4.6	32.4	4.6
Pennsylvania	21.1	0.1	21.3	0.2	19.8	0.5	19.0	4.4	19.6	3.0	19.8	1.7
Puerto Rico	11.7	1.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	11.5	1.2
Rhode Island	20.2	0.6	20.4	0.6	23.4	4.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	23.1	5.2
South Carolina	15.4	0.3	16.3	0.3	12.4	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
South Dakota	22.7	0.7	22.7	0.7	DSU	DSU	25.4	3.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Tennessee	14.7	0.2	14.9	0.2	13.7	0.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Texas	14.7	0.1	15.3	0.1	12.5	0.3	15.1	2.9	11.6	1.3	13.4	0.3
Utah	39.0	0.5	39.6	0.6	22.4	5.5	20.4	5.5	24.3	5.1	41.0	3.9
Vermont	21.4	0.8	21.5	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	17.1	0.2	18.1	0.2	13.2	0.4	23.8	6.6	8.8	1.6	17.3	2.6
Washington	27.8	0.3	27.9	0.3	30.9	1.8	37.3	3.7	18.0	1.5	28.3	2.7
West Virginia	21.2	0.4	21.3	0.4	18.8	2.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Wisconsin	26.1	0.2	26.3	0.3	20.2	1.4	36.4	4.2	DSU	DSU	21.3	2.7
Wyoming	22.6	1.0	22.3	1.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	33.3	7.3

^a. Short-stay residents stay fewer than 30 days in a nursing home, typically following an acute care hospitalization.

^b. Race/ethnicity categories exclude records with missing values.

^c. Data reflect care for the third quarter of each calendar year.

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: T11_1_15_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_15_4.html