Percent of improvement in dyspneaa for home health episodes, by State, 2002 and 2004 |
| 2004 | 2002 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Observed percent | Risk adjusted percentb | Standard error of observed percent | Observed percent | Risk adjusted percentb | Standard error of observed percent |
| United States | 57.5 | 0.04 | 53.2 | 0.04 | ||
| Alabama | 59.0 | 55.7 | 0.28 | 51.2 | 47.8 | 0.29 |
| Alaska | 47.8 | 53.8 | 1.57 | 44.5 | 50.8 | 1.60 |
| Arizona | 61.4 | 60.2 | 0.36 | 60.3 | 59.8 | 0.40 |
| Arkansas | 53.0 | 51.1 | 0.42 | 47.6 | 45.6 | 0.42 |
| California | 60.2 | 61.4 | 0.13 | 54.1 | 55.9 | 0.14 |
| Colorado | 52.7 | 58.4 | 0.37 | 50.2 | 56.9 | 0.42 |
| Connecticut | 55.3 | 59.3 | 0.32 | 53.7 | 57.3 | 0.34 |
| Delaware | 58.9 | 59.3 | 0.73 | 58.5 | 59.2 | 0.66 |
| District of Columbia | 66.4 | 69.2 | 1.16 | 61.8 | 62.3 | 1.04 |
| Florida | 58.0 | 55.9 | 0.12 | 55.4 | 52.5 | 0.13 |
| Georgia | 61.3 | 58.7 | 0.27 | 55.6 | 52.3 | 0.28 |
| Hawaii | 60.6 | 67.6 | 1.08 | 55.4 | 61.0 | 1.05 |
| Idaho | 49.5 | 53.1 | 0.67 | 50.7 | 54.4 | 0.73 |
| Illinois | 60.7 | 61.3 | 0.19 | 55.1 | 56.2 | 0.20 |
| Indiana | 56.3 | 56.7 | 0.31 | 52.0 | 52.3 | 0.33 |
| Iowa | 51.1 | 51.5 | 0.45 | 46.4 | 48.4 | 0.47 |
| Kansas | 54.9 | 56.7 | 0.47 | 44.6 | 47.5 | 0.52 |
| Kentucky | 52.6 | 51.6 | 0.30 | 48.0 | 45.9 | 0.30 |
| Louisiana | 49.5 | 45.9 | 0.30 | 46.1 | 42.6 | 0.31 |
| Maine | 54.1 | 55.3 | 0.49 | 51.9 | 53.3 | 0.52 |
| Maryland | 62.8 | 63.3 | 0.33 | 57.7 | 57.7 | 0.35 |
| Massachusetts | 55.4 | 57.5 | 0.21 | 51.2 | 53.1 | 0.22 |
| Michigan | 61.2 | 60.9 | 0.18 | 57.7 | 57.4 | 0.19 |
| Minnesota | 55.4 | 56.9 | 0.41 | 51.6 | 53.2 | 0.45 |
| Mississippi | 57.8 | 54.0 | 0.34 | 51.9 | 47.1 | 0.36 |
| Missouri | 57.7 | 57.7 | 0.25 | 54.1 | 54.2 | 0.26 |
| Montana | 49.8 | 55.6 | 0.84 | 45.2 | 49.6 | 0.85 |
| Nebraska | 56.6 | 59.7 | 0.59 | 48.4 | 51.9 | 0.63 |
| Nevada | 57.2 | 57.9 | 0.52 | 54.9 | 55.3 | 0.61 |
| New Hampshire | 55.7 | 57.4 | 0.60 | 53.2 | 54.0 | 0.62 |
| New Jersey | 61.2 | 62.0 | 0.23 | 59.8 | 60.5 | 0.24 |
| New Mexico | 59.5 | 63.8 | 0.59 | 57.6 | 62.9 | 0.61 |
| New York | 59.5 | 61.5 | 0.16 | 54.7 | 57.8 | 0.17 |
| North Carolina | 60.6 | 59.7 | 0.23 | 56.5 | 55.4 | 0.25 |
| North Dakota | 57.3 | 57.7 | 0.86 | 48.7 | 48.7 | 0.86 |
| Ohio | 57.1 | 57.2 | 0.19 | 53.4 | 53.7 | 0.21 |
| Oklahoma | 50.7 | 47.4 | 0.33 | 45.2 | 41.8 | 0.35 |
| Oregon | 56.5 | 60.6 | 0.41 | 53.3 | 57.1 | 0.42 |
| Pennsylvania | 57.7 | 58.5 | 0.14 | 52.1 | 53.2 | 0.16 |
| Rhode Island | 63.2 | 63.1 | 0.50 | 57.5 | 60.3 | 0.55 |
| South Carolina | 65.5 | 64.3 | 0.36 | 59.5 | 57.5 | 0.37 |
| South Dakota | 52.0 | 55.6 | 0.88 | 46.5 | 50.4 | 0.93 |
| Tennessee | 55.5 | 53.7 | 0.24 | 51.4 | 49.1 | 0.25 |
| Texas | 51.3 | 49.0 | 0.14 | 46.4 | 43.5 | 0.16 |
| Utah | 61.2 | 62.3 | 0.47 | 58.1 | 59.5 | 0.51 |
| Vermont | 57.6 | 60.3 | 0.78 | 52.0 | 55.1 | 0.86 |
| Virginia | 57.6 | 57.7 | 0.27 | 54.0 | 54.0 | 0.28 |
| Washington | 57.5 | 60.0 | 0.34 | 53.1 | 55.9 | 0.36 |
| West Virginia | 51.5 | 53.2 | 0.48 | 45.8 | 47.1 | 0.49 |
| Wisconsin | 53.2 | 56.5 | 0.37 | 52.0 | 55.7 | 0.40 |
| Wyoming | 51.5 | 58.0 | 1.31 | 44.5 | 51.2 | 1.38 |
a Consumer language for this measure is: Percentage of patients who are short of breath less often. The CMS report results of testing this language is available at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/OASIS/.
b Only observed national rate reported as in Home Health Compare.
Source: Calculated by the Center for Health Services and Policy Research, University of Colorado, from Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) data.