Table 9_2

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Table 9_2_9.3
Home health care patients who need urgent, unplanned medical care, by State, 2005 and 2007^a
State	2007			2005
State	Number of providers	Percent	SE	Number of providers	Percent	SE
Total	8,972	22.7	0.13	6,984	22.6	0.1
Alabama	143	20.7	0.73	140	20.5	0.7
Alaska	16	23.2	2.02	12	24.7	3.2
Arizona	85	24.5	0.88	67	23.2	0.8
Arkansas	172	24.9	0.89	160	24.5	0.9
California	649	16.3	0.39	539	17.2	0.4
Colorado	134	25.1	0.79	113	24.7	0.8
Connecticut	82	29.4	1.04	80	27.8	1.1
Delaware	18	22.7	2.10	14	20.5	1.5
District of Columbia	23	22.3	2.79	15	29.6	3.0
Florida	803	16.6	0.34	532	17.9	0.4
Georgia	98	22.1	0.70	95	22.7	0.8
Hawaii	14	22.7	1.54	14	24.1	1.5
Idaho	48	22.1	0.83	49	21.9	0.8
Illinois	483	21.6	0.59	304	20.7	0.6
Indiana	186	23.9	0.83	146	24.3	0.9
Iowa	175	29.6	0.86	161	27.4	0.8
Kansas	129	22.4	0.93	111	22.0	0.9
Kentucky	102	25.9	0.80	99	25.5	0.9
Louisiana	218	26.9	0.91	205	25.8	1.0
Maine	29	23.7	1.66	28	22.6	1.6
Maryland	48	21.4	0.92	45	22.9	0.9
Massachusetts	127	25.8	0.96	103	26.4	0.9
Michigan	380	21.3	0.51	257	21.1	0.5
Minnesota	200	28.0	0.83	163	27.8	0.8
Mississippi	54	26.7	1.51	54	23.4	1.3
Missouri	167	22.4	0.64	146	22.2	0.6
Montana	35	20.9	1.14	34	22.8	1.4
Nebraska	68	19.7	1.00	57	20.7	1.1
Nevada	68	17.6	1.02	50	21.2	1.4
New Hampshire	36	23.5	1.73	33	27.7	1.8
New Jersey	49	22.6	0.87	48	22.8	1.0
New Mexico	66	25.4	1.19	59	24.2	1.2
New York	185	28.9	1.00	183	30.1	1.1
North Carolina	168	25.1	0.59	162	24.4	0.6
North Dakota	23	19.0	1.85	25	18.5	1.5
Ohio	467	28.5	0.64	322	27.3	0.7
Oklahoma	214	24.1	0.88	186	22.8	0.8
Oregon	56	21.3	0.77	59	20.2	0.7
Pennsylvania	295	20.5	0.51	237	20.6	0.5
Rhode Island	22	21.4	1.88	21	21.5	1.8
South Carolina	67	23.0	0.93	65	24.7	0.9
South Dakota	39	21.9	1.60	34	18.3	1.5
Tennessee	139	25.0	0.78	133	24.8	0.8
Texas	1,798	23.6	0.35	1,126	22.5	0.4
Utah	68	19.2	0.75	46	20.0	0.9
Vermont	12	27.3	1.76	12	26.0	1.2
Virginia	185	23.5	0.75	150	22.5	0.7
Washington	60	21.6	0.63	57	19.7	0.8
West Virginia	61	25.2	1.20	57	24.4	1.1
Wisconsin	126	24.8	1.08	102	25.1	1.1
Wyoming	27	22.3	1.63	22	20.6	1.5

^a Data were downloaded from http://www.medicare.gov/Download/DownloadDB.asp on March 31, 2006, for the 2005 estimates and on April 18, 2008, for the 2007 estimates.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Outcome and Assessment Information Set.