2007 National Healthcare Quality Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 1.141b

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Table 1.141b
Percent of home health care patients who needed urgent, unplanned medical care, by State, 2005 and 2006

State	2006			2005
State	Number of providers	Percent	Standard error	Number of providers	Percent	Standard error
Total	8,547	22.7	0.1	6984	22.6	0.1
Alabama	143	20.9	0.7	140	20.5	0.7
Alaska	15	22.6	2.5	12	24.7	3.2
Arizona	79	23.8	0.8	67	23.2	0.8
Arkansas	172	24.3	0.8	160	24.5	0.9
California	597	16.6	0.4	539	17.2	0.4
Colorado	136	24.5	0.8	113	24.7	0.8
Connecticut	84	28.8	1.1	80	27.8	1.1
Delaware	16	22.1	1.6	14	20.5	1.5
District of Columbia	21	25.4	2.5	15	29.6	3.0
Florida	730	17.3	0.4	532	17.9	0.4
Georgia	97	23.2	0.8	95	22.7	0.8
Hawaii	14	24.0	1.6	14	24.1	1.5
Idaho	48	23.6	1.1	49	21.9	0.8
Illinois	418	20.9	0.6	304	20.7	0.6
Indiana	175	24.5	0.8	146	24.3	0.9
Iowa	177	28.8	0.8	161	27.4	0.8
Kansas	132	21.2	0.8	111	22.0	0.9
Kentucky	101	25.7	0.9	99	25.5	0.9
Louisiana	219	26.4	1.0	205	25.8	1.0
Maine	29	23.2	1.7	28	22.6	1.6
Maryland	49	21.9	0.8	45	22.9	0.9
Massachusetts	121	27.0	1.0	103	26.4	0.9
Michigan	316	20.9	0.5	257	21.1	0.5
Minnesota	206	27.8	0.8	163	27.8	0.8
Mississippi	56	24.4	1.2	54	23.4	1.3
Missouri	162	23.1	0.7	146	22.2	0.6
Montana	35	20.8	1.2	34	22.8	1.4
Nebraska	65	21.2	1.1	57	20.7	1.1
Nevada	62	18.0	1.1	50	21.2	1.4
New Hampshire	36	26.4	1.8	33	27.7	1.8
New Jersey	50	23.2	0.9	48	22.8	1.0
New Mexico	67	24.3	1.2	59	24.2	1.2
New York	184	29.6	1.1	183	30.1	1.1
North Carolina	167	24.4	0.6	162	24.4	0.6
North Dakota	26	19.0	1.9	25	18.5	1.5
Ohio	439	28.6	0.7	322	27.3	0.7
Oklahoma	205	23.8	0.9	186	22.8	0.8
Oregon	57	21.2	0.8	59	20.2	0.7
Pennsylvania	285	20.3	0.5	237	20.6	0.5
Rhode Island	21	22.6	1.8	21	21.5	1.8
South Carolina	67	23.9	0.9	65	24.7	0.9
South Dakota	38	19.8	1.3	34	18.3	1.5
Tennessee	139	25.3	0.8	133	24.8	0.8
Texas	1,724	23.4	0.4	1126	22.5	0.4
Utah	56	19.9	0.8	46	20.0	0.9
Vermont	12	27.1	1.9	12	26.0	1.2
Virginia	173	23.2	0.7	150	22.5	0.7
Washington	60	20.6	0.7	57	19.7	0.8
West Virginia	61	25.4	1.3	57	24.4	1.1
Wisconsin	124	23.9	1.0	102	25.1	1.1
Wyoming	26	21.4	1.4	22	20.6	1.5

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Outcome and Assessment Information Set. Data were downloaded from http://www.medicare.gov/Download/DownloadDB.asp on March 31, 2006, for the 2005 estimates and on April 26, 2007 for the 2006 estimates.