2007 National Healthcare Quality Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 1.133b

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Table 1.133b
Percent of home health care patients who get better at taking their medicines correctly (by mouth), by State, 2005 and 2006

State	2006			2005
State	Number of providers	Percent	Standard error	Number of providers	Percent	Standard error
Total	8,547	38.9	0.2	6049	37.8	0.1
Alabama	143	45.4	1.1	137	40.6	0.8
Alaska	15	39.2	2.0	10	37.9	2.3
Arizona	79	38.8	1.0	66	37.9	1.0
Arkansas	172	40.1	1.2	111	36.3	1.0
California	597	40.1	0.5	514	39.1	0.5
Colorado	136	35.1	1.1	96	34.5	0.9
Connecticut	84	33.9	1.3	73	34.3	1.1
Delaware	16	36.2	3.2	14	32.0	2.3
District of Columbia	21	37.0	4.3	12	43.3	5.1
Florida	730	40.0	0.5	497	39.2	0.5
Georgia	97	40.0	1.0	90	39.5	0.9
Hawaii	14	38.8	2.2	14	35.1	2.0
Idaho	48	33.1	1.3	45	34.0	1.5
Illinois	418	41.8	0.7	279	42.1	0.7
Indiana	175	37.8	0.9	124	36.5	0.8
Iowa	177	31.8	1.1	108	34.5	1.1
Kansas	132	34.6	1.3	84	33.7	1.0
Kentucky	101	36.1	1.0	96	35.7	0.8
Louisiana	219	42.3	0.9	158	38.7	0.9
Maine	29	38.4	1.8	26	35.4	1.6
Maryland	49	39.8	1.1	44	39.1	1.2
Massachusetts	121	40.3	1.2	95	36.5	1.0
Michigan	316	41.2	0.7	244	41.2	0.7
Minnesota	206	31.5	1.1	110	30.5	0.9
Mississippi	56	45.3	1.6	49	41.4	1.4
Missouri	162	37.7	0.9	134	33.5	0.8
Montana	35	31.7	1.9	29	31.7	1.6
Nebraska	65	33.5	1.4	42	32.8	1.6
Nevada	62	46.0	1.9	46	42.1	1.7
New Hampshire	36	40.2	1.5	29	39.8	1.4
New Jersey	50	40.0	1.3	48	39.2	1.1
New Mexico	67	44.9	1.4	53	44.3	1.5
New York	184	38.2	0.7	152	37.0	0.7
North Carolina	167	34.8	0.7	157	33.3	0.6
North Dakota	26	37.5	2.4	23	32.4	2.3
Ohio	439	34.6	0.7	261	33.7	0.6
Oklahoma	205	39.1	1.0	151	36.8	0.9
Oregon	57	35.1	1.0	57	34.4	1.1
Pennsylvania	285	40.6	0.7	223	39.5	0.8
Rhode Island	21	37.4	1.9	20	33.6	2.2
South Carolina	67	39.1	1.1	61	38.8	0.9
South Dakota	38	35.1	2.0	22	40.4	1.9
Tennessee	139	42.5	0.9	126	39.1	0.8
Texas	1,724	39.6	0.5	866	38.8	0.5
Utah	56	40.6	1.7	43	41.5	1.8
Vermont	12	42.6	1.7	11	41.2	2.3
Virginia	173	39.5	0.8	142	38.4	0.7
Washington	60	36.9	0.9	56	37.4	0.9
West Virginia	61	35.7	1.2	55	34.3	1.2
Wisconsin	124	32.4	1.1	83	31.8	1.0
Wyoming	26	32.1	2.6	15	34.9	2.4

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.