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Table 1.142b
Percent of home health care patients who stayed at home after an episode of home health care ended, by State, 2005 and 2006
State 2006 2005
Number of providers Percent Standard error Number of providers Percent Standard error
Total 8,547 64.2 0.1 6981 64.6 0.2
Alabama 143 64.4 0.9 140 64.2 0.8
Alaska 15 75.0 2.6 12 74.8 3.3
Arizona 79 69.1 1.1 67 69.7 1.1
Arkansas 172 59.7 0.8 161 60.1 0.9
California 597 70.8 0.4 539 71.0 0.4
Colorado 136 67.0 1.0 113 66.5 1.0
Connecticut 84 59.6 1.4 80 59.3 1.3
Delaware 16 68.1 2.6 14 68.3 2.7
District of Columbia 21 69.9 2.9 15 66.9 2.2
Florida 730 70.7 0.4 531 70.6 0.4
Georgia 97 67.0 1.0 95 66.6 1.1
Hawaii 14 73.6 1.9 14 72.9 1.9
Idaho 48 69.4 1.3 49 69.6 1.1
Illinois 418 64.5 0.6 304 65.9 0.6
Indiana 175 63.0 0.9 146 63.3 1.0
Iowa 177 59.4 1.0 162 59.2 0.9
Kansas 132 67.3 1.0 111 66.2 1.0
Kentucky 101 63.8 0.9 99 64.3 0.9
Louisiana 219 51.0 0.9 204 50.2 0.9
Maine 29 70.1 1.7 28 69.9 1.7
Maryland 49 72.4 0.8 45 71.7 0.8
Massachusetts 121 61.7 1.1 103 61.7 0.9
Michigan 316 68.9 0.5 257 69.1 0.5
Minnesota 206 62.1 1.1 163 62.0 1.2
Mississippi 56 56.0 1.4 54 57.2 1.5
Missouri 162 66.7 0.8 146 68.7 0.8
Montana 35 70.6 1.7 34 70.0 1.7
Nebraska 65 70.2 1.2 57 70.6 1.3
Nevada 62 69.0 0.9 50 68.6 1.0
New Hampshire 36 63.8 1.7 33 62.2 1.7
New Jersey 50 68.9 1.0 48 68.2 0.9
New Mexico 67 67.4 1.3 59 66.3 1.3
New York 184 56.6 1.4 183 56.8 1.4
North Carolina 167 65.7 0.6 162 66.1 0.6
North Dakota 26 74.2 2.4 25 72.8 2.5
Ohio 439 59.9 0.7 322 61.9 0.7
Oklahoma 205 55.1 0.9 187 56.6 0.9
Oregon 57 74.4 0.9 59 75.0 0.9
Pennsylvania 285 71.8 0.5 237 70.7 0.6
Rhode Island 21 64.2 1.9 21 64.8 2.0
South Carolina 67 64.0 0.9 65 64.4 1.0
South Dakota 38 74.8 1.6 34 73.7 1.8
Tennessee 139 63.3 0.8 133 63.6 0.8
Texas 1,724 57.5 0.4 1122 58.8 0.4
Utah 56 71.4 1.1 46 70.1 1.2
Vermont 12 63.6 1.7 12 61.3 1.9
Virginia 173 69.0 0.7 150 70.2 0.7
Washington 60 74.5 0.9 57 74.7 0.8
West Virginia 61 68.8 1.2 57 69.8 1.2
Wisconsin 124 68.2 1.1 102 67.8 1.2
Wyoming 26 67.4 2.3 22 67.8 1.6

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.

 

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