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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_20.4
Short-stay^a nursing home residents with pressure sores, 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	17.8	0.0	17.3	0.0	20.8	0.1	18.4	0.6	19.4	0.3	21.0	0.2
Alabama	17.7	0.3	16.8	0.3	21.5	0.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Alaska	20.8	2.1	21.5	2.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Arizona	14.6	0.3	14.4	0.3	15.1	1.8	18.7	1.6	10.9	3.3	16.1	1.1
Arkansas	15.8	0.3	14.5	0.3	26.1	1.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
California	26.2	0.2	26.3	0.2	26.8	0.6	22.9	1.9	24.4	0.5	26.0	0.5
Colorado	11.5	0.3	11.4	0.3	13.7	1.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	12.4	1.1
Connecticut	16.0	0.2	16.2	0.3	14.1	1.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	14.8	1.4
Delaware	15.0	0.6	14.8	0.6	16.5	1.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
District of Columbia	21.7	1.0	17.5	1.6	24.0	1.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Florida	21.0	0.1	20.5	0.1	21.4	0.5	18.1	3.3	17.3	1.9	26.4	0.5
Georgia	19.0	0.2	17.5	0.3	23.6	0.5	DSU	DSU	14.1	3.8	20.3	2.6
Hawaii	19.5	0.7	20.5	1.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	19.1	0.8	21.4	6.3
Idaho	13.4	0.5	13.6	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Illinois	17.5	0.2	17.0	0.2	21.5	0.5	18.5	4.1	14.3	1.5	18.3	1.0
Indiana	12.8	0.2	12.5	0.2	17.6	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	14.0	2.6
Iowa	11.6	0.3	11.5	0.3	12.6	2.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Kansas	14.1	0.3	14.0	0.3	15.3	1.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	18.7	2.9
Kentucky	15.8	0.3	15.6	0.3	17.9	1.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Louisiana	19.7	0.3	18.5	0.4	23.4	0.7	DSU	DSU	21.4	6.3	13.9	3.3
Maine	13.1	0.4	12.9	0.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Maryland	19.8	0.2	19.3	0.3	21.1	0.5	DSU	DSU	15.1	2.0	14.4	2.3
Massachusetts	16.3	0.2	16.6	0.2	14.8	1.0	DSU	DSU	7.7	1.5	13.2	1.5
Michigan	14.4	0.2	14.0	0.2	17.6	0.5	18.5	4.3	12.8	2.9	12.9	1.7
Minnesota	10.8	0.2	10.8	0.2	10.8	1.8	19.3	3.6	DSU	DSU	12.2	3.5
Mississippi	15.7	0.3	14.0	0.4	20.6	0.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Missouri	13.5	0.2	13.2	0.2	17.2	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	14.3	2.7
Montana	13.3	0.6	13.4	0.6	DSU	DSU	14.4	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Nebraska	11.5	0.3	11.5	0.3	12.3	2.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	13.6	3.8
Nevada	20.6	0.6	20.1	0.6	24.7	2.6	DSU	DSU	15.6	3.1	27.3	3.3
New Hampshire	13.3	0.4	13.3	0.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
New Jersey	23.8	0.2	24.2	0.2	22.0	0.6	20.3	3.2	15.6	1.5	20.9	0.9
New Mexico	14.4	0.5	14.4	0.6	19.2	4.6	16.5	2.0	DSU	DSU	14.5	1.1
New York	23.0	0.2	23.3	0.2	22.0	0.5	20.9	3.0	19.7	1.2	20.8	0.7
North Carolina	15.6	0.2	14.5	0.2	20.4	0.5	15.5	2.6	9.9	3.0	13.8	2.5
North Dakota	14.2	0.7	13.8	0.7	DSU	DSU	26.2	5.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ohio	16.2	0.1	16.2	0.1	16.4	0.4	DSU	DSU	16.2	2.9	17.4	1.9
Oklahoma	17.8	0.4	17.6	0.4	21.3	1.7	20.7	2.0	DSU	DSU	14.7	3.5
Oregon	13.8	0.3	13.8	0.3	13.8	3.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	16.7	3.9
Pennsylvania	18.7	0.1	18.6	0.2	19.9	0.6	DSU	DSU	12.7	2.7	14.0	1.6
Puerto Rico	16.4	1.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	16.5	1.4
Rhode Island	18.0	0.6	18.3	0.6	15.4	3.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	17.0	4.9
South Carolina	20.6	0.3	19.4	0.3	25.1	0.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	18.5	5.3
South Dakota	12.9	0.6	12.7	0.6	DSU	DSU	20.0	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Tennessee	19.2	0.2	18.8	0.2	22.3	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	21.9	5.2
Texas	16.0	0.1	14.8	0.2	21.0	0.5	13.6	3.0	13.9	1.5	18.7	0.4
Utah	13.1	0.4	13.0	0.4	DSU	DSU	32.0	6.6	15.2	4.4	14.6	2.9
Vermont	14.3	0.7	14.4	0.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Virgin Islands	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Virginia	17.9	0.2	17.6	0.2	19.4	0.5	DSU	DSU	14.7	2.1	16.8	2.7
Washington	15.2	0.2	15.1	0.2	15.1	1.5	21.2	3.4	12.4	1.3	15.0	2.3
West Virginia	21.5	0.5	21.2	0.5	20.1	2.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Wisconsin	12.2	0.2	12.2	0.2	13.1	1.3	14.7	3.3	DSU	DSU	17.4	2.7
Wyoming	11.6	0.8	11.6	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^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_20_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_20_4.html