National Healthcare Quality Report, 2006: Table 1.123b

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Table 1.123b
Postacute care: Percent of short-stay residents with pressure sores, by State, 2003 and 2005^a
	2005				2003
	Number of nursing homes		Percent^b	Standard error	Number of nursing homes		Percent^b	Standard error
State	Total	With score^b	Percent^b	Standard error	Total	With score^b	Percent^b	Standard error
United States	15,984	9,376	18.4	0.1	16,290	8,712	20.1	0.1
Alabama	229	169	18.5	0.7	228	165	18.7	0.7
Alaska	15	2	23.5	2.5	14	2	30.0	7.0
Arizona	133	104	17.4	0.9	135	89	21.0	1.0
Arkansas	236	119	16.7	0.7	240	86	18.9	1.0
California	1,295	682	24.3	0.5	1,332	653	25.7	0.5
Colorado	213	99	12.9	0.7	216	88	14.8	0.7
Connecticut	246	192	18.2	0.6	251	189	19.1	0.6
Delaware	42	28	19.9	1.3	42	25	22.8	2.0
District of Columbia	20	12	23.3	3.4	21	10	30.2	4.3
Florida	685	589	19.6	0.4	693	568	20.2	0.4
Georgia	362	189	18.5	0.6	362	172	19.5	0.7
Hawaii	45	19	14.2	1.6	45	22	11.8	1.4
Idaho	80	40	16.6	1.4	80	46	16.0	1.2
Illinois	802	432	18.8	0.5	825	401	21.3	0.5
Indiana	510	308	15.9	0.4	519	273	18.1	0.5
Iowa	456	76	14.1	0.9	455	56	16.1	1.2
Kansas	358	84	16.3	0.9	374	72	17.7	1.1
Kentucky	296	196	16.9	0.6	296	174	18.5	0.7
Louisiana	303	144	18.5	0.7	313	130	20.8	0.9
Maine	114	70	16.9	0.9	120	65	16.1	1.0
Maryland	236	174	19.1	0.7	244	160	20.7	0.8
Massachusetts	456	319	18.2	0.5	478	316	19.7	0.5
Michigan	430	314	17.0	0.5	431	302	20.1	0.5
Minnesota	400	201	12.9	0.5	420	201	13.6	0.5
Mississippi	204	99	15.8	0.9	204	77	16.8	1.0
Missouri	519	247	15.1	0.5	535	201	17.3	0.6
Montana	98	25	16.2	1.8	101	24	18.8	2.2
Nebraska	225	56	12.1	1.0	228	46	16.7	1.2
Nevada	47	26	19.8	1.5	43	26	19.5	1.4
New Hampshire	82	54	19.2	1.1	81	46	21.3	1.2
New Jersey	360	284	22.6	0.5	356	278	25.3	0.6
New Mexico	76	45	18.0	1.1	82	36	19.1	1.3
New York	658	531	22.1	0.4	670	514	23.6	0.4
North Carolina	422	324	17.4	0.5	421	306	19.9	0.5
North Dakota	83	25	15.3	1.7	83	17	15.3	1.5
Ohio	970	618	17.8	0.4	991	561	20.1	0.4
Oklahoma	348	93	20.4	0.9	368	81	20.9	1.0
Oregon	138	80	15.5	0.7	140	67	15.8	1.0
Pennsylvania	717	536	19.4	0.4	734	512	21.5	0.4
Rhode Island	90	50	21.1	1.3	95	40	24.1	1.5
South Carolina	176	119	19.6	1.0	178	113	21.8	0.8
South Dakota	111	20	18.5	1.8	113	23	16.7	1.8
Tennessee	329	244	18.0	0.6	337	226	19.9	0.7
Texas	1,131	573	16.1	0.3	1,144	516	17.8	0.4
Utah	93	47	16.1	1.0	88	47	16.0	1.3
Vermont	41	22	20.8	2.1	42	23	24.1	2.3
Virginia	278	214	17.7	0.5	277	198	19.4	0.5
Washington	247	162	17.4	0.6	256	153	18.6	0.7
West Virginia	132	66	21.1	1.2	135	66	20.8	1.1
Wisconsin	400	237	14.2	0.5	407	232	15.6	0.5
Wyoming	39	13	14.0	1.5	39	14	15.1	2.5

^a Data reflect care for the period April 1 through September 30 of the indicated year.

^b A facility had to have at least 20 residents in the denominator for a postacute care measure to be calculated, therefore, the number of facilities may vary for each measure reported in a State.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Minimum Data Set. Data were downloaded from www.medicare.gov/nhcompare/home.asp. The 2005 data were downloaded in March 2006; the 2003 data, in April 2004.

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