T11_1_8_3b

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_8.3b
Home health care patients who had less urinary incontinence,^a by ethnicity and State, United States, 2009
			Non-Hispanic				Hispanic, all races
	Total		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	47.1	0.0	47.7	0.1	47.8	0.1	38.4	0.2
Alabama	51.5	0.3	52.6	0.3	48.4	0.6	54.6	5.7
Alaska	36.3	1.7	36.4	1.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Arizona	50.1	0.4	50.2	0.5	43.9	2.6	51.4	1.5
Arkansas	42.9	0.4	43.2	0.5	39.5	1.3	39.6	6.7
California	46.9	0.2	47.3	0.2	45.4	0.6	46.1	0.4
Colorado	48.3	0.4	44.7	0.5	41.7	2.7	46.2	1.7
Connecticut	41.0	0.4	40.7	0.4	41.6	1.6	41.9	2.1
Delaware	51.0	0.8	52.4	0.9	45.2	2.0	52.9	7.0
District of Columbia	65.8	1.4	79.9	3.0	63.5	1.5	DSU	DSU
Florida	47.3	0.1	51.6	0.2	45.3	0.5	26.4	0.3
Georgia	54.0	0.3	54.7	0.3	51.6	0.6	54.8	3.5
Hawaii	46.6	1.1	45.3	2.0	DSU	DSU	50.0	7.2
Idaho	40.2	0.7	40.3	0.7	DSU	DSU	35.5	5.5
Illinois	53.2	0.2	52.3	0.2	54.8	0.4	54.8	0.7
Indiana	49.6	0.3	49.1	0.4	52.5	1.0	51.9	2.8
Iowa	39.9	0.5	39.8	0.5	47.2	3.3	28.4	5.5
Kansas	45.0	0.5	44.5	0.5	46.0	2.0	41.1	3.9
Kentucky	43.5	0.3	43.4	0.4	44.7	1.4	49.1	6.6
Louisiana	42.1	0.3	43.4	0.4	38.4	0.6	45.4	3.3
Maine	40.9	0.5	40.9	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Maryland	50.2	0.4	49.9	0.4	51.6	0.7	49.4	4.0
Massachusetts	51.1	0.2	50.9	0.2	52.7	1.1	52.7	1.4
Michigan	49.4	0.2	49.0	0.2	51.1	0.4	47.6	2.0
Minnesota	40.6	0.4	40.7	0.4	36.5	2.3	43.2	5.3
Mississippi	46.2	0.4	46.2	0.5	46.2	0.7	45.7	8.4
Missouri	50.6	0.3	50.6	0.3	50.4	0.9	54.5	4.1
Montana	42.1	0.9	42.2	0.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Nebraska	41.2	0.6	41.5	0.7	33.7	2.9	46.6	6.6
Nevada	56.5	0.5	57.6	0.6	55.4	1.9	52.2	2.3
New Hampshire	45.2	0.6	45.1	0.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
New Jersey	55.0	0.3	55.1	0.3	52.0	0.9	58.7	1.2
New Mexico	43.1	0.6	43.0	0.8	43.0	4.8	42.4	1.1
New York	51.0	0.2	50.2	0.2	52.6	0.6	58.4	0.7
North Carolina	41.7	0.2	42.3	0.3	39.5	0.6	44.2	3.3
North Dakota	46.7	1.2	46.8	1.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ohio	48.4	0.2	48.0	0.2	51.7	0.6	45.6	2.7
Oklahoma	38.9	0.4	39.2	0.4	35.6	1.5	36.1	3.6
Oregon	42.5	0.4	42.4	0.4	49.4	4.0	43.5	4.8
Pennsylvania	50.6	0.2	50.3	0.2	53.2	0.7	55.4	1.7
Puerto Rico	41.9	0.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	41.9	0.6
Rhode Island	55.9	0.7	55.3	0.7	59.8	3.9	63.0	3.5
South Carolina	53.4	0.4	54.1	0.4	51.1	0.7	56.1	5.5
South Dakota	38.5	1.2	38.5	1.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Tennessee	45.3	0.3	45.5	0.3	44.3	0.8	45.9	5.4
Texas	36.8	0.2	39.0	0.2	36.0	0.4	31.4	0.3
Utah	46.3	0.5	46.2	0.5	37.0	6.6	41.4	3.1
Vermont	32.9	0.8	32.8	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Virgin Islands	46.3	6.8	DSU	DSU	52.3	7.5	DSU	DSU
Virginia	48.6	0.3	48.5	0.3	48.7	0.6	48.9	3.3
Washington	38.7	0.3	38.5	0.4	38.6	2.5	38.0	3.1
West Virginia	43.1	0.5	43.2	0.5	40.2	3.0	DSU	DSU
Wisconsin	47.2	0.4	46.9	0.4	49.9	1.8	62.9	3.7
Wyoming	45.4	1.7	47.5	1.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^a. Episodes in which a person's urinary incontinence status improved compared with a prior assessment. Episodes for people who are at the highest level and cannot improve any more are excluded. Also excludes records with missing race values.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: T11_1_8_3b: 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_8_3b.html