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Table 2.5 | Improving the Quality of Long-Term Care | Gooloo S. Wunderlich and Peter O. Kohler, Editors | Committee on Improving Quality in Long-Term Care | Division of Health Care Services | Institute of Medicine

TABLE 2.5
Total Medicaid Personal Care Services and 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Waivers: United States, 1997–1998

 
State Total Participants Participants per
1,000 Population of State
Personal
Care
Services (PCS)
Home and
Community
Based
Services (HCBS)
PCS and
HCBS
HCBS Total PCS
and HCBS
Rank
Order
of
State
Missouri 33,167 23,823 56,990 4.41 10.54 1
Arkansas 18,198 8,355 26,553 3.31 10.52 2
Oregon 2,483 25,665 28,148 7.91 8.68 3
New York 87,496 51,986 139,482 2.86 7.69 4
Michigan 55,046 9,753 64,799 1.00 6.63 5
Kansas -- 15,392 15,392 5.92 5.92 6
Rhode Island -- 5,712 5,712 5.79 5.79 7
Wisconsin 10,926 19,006 29,932 3.65 5.75 8
California 134,694 46,718 181,412 1.45 5.64 9
Montana 2,672 2,120 4,792 2.41 5.45 10
West Virginia 4,500a 5,257 9,757 2.90 5.38 11
Washington 8,854 19,364 28,218 3.45 5.03 12
Minnesota 6,487 16,379 22,866 3.49 4.88 13
Texas 59,562 29,598 89,160 1.53 4.60 14
Vermont -- 2,264 2,264 3.84 3.84 15
Colorado -- 14,243 14,243 3.66 3.66 16
Wyoming -- 1,744 1,744 3.63 3.63 17
South Dakota 808 1,860 2,668 2.52 3.62 18
South Carolina -- 13,281 13,281 3.51 3.51 19
North Dakota -- 2,089 2,089 3.26 3.26 20
Oklahoma 6,000a 4,697 10,697 1.41 3.22 21
Alaska 980 915 1,895 1.50 3.11 22
Kentucky -- 12,125 12,125 3.10 3.10 23
New Hampshire 137 3,489 3,626 2.98 3.09 24
Illinois -- 36,743 36,743 3.06 3.06 25
New Jersey 12,810 11,703 24,513 1.45 3.04 26
Connecticut -- 9,629 9,629 2.95 2.95 27
Maine 1,133 2,527 3,660 2.03 2.95 28
North Carolina 8,884 12,898 21,782 1.74 2.93 29
Massachusetts 3,700a 12,242 15,942 2.00 2.61 30
Nebraska 1,234 3,069 4,303 1.85 2.60 31
Ohio -- 27,115 27,115 2.42 2.42 32
Alabama -- 10,396 10,396 2.41 2.41 33
Washington, D.C. 1,205   1,205 -- 2.27 34
Iowa -- 6,022 6,022 2.11 2.11 35
Georgia -- 15,199 15,199 2.03 2.03 36
Virginia -- 13,449 13,449 2.00 2.00 37
Idaho 1,000a 1,305 2,305 1.08 1.91 38
Florida -- 27,124 27,124 1.85 1.85 39
New Mexico -- 3,014 3,014 1.75 1.75 40
Maryland 4,499 3,741 8,240 0.73 1.62 41
Utah 159 2,861 3,020 1.39 1.46 42
Nevada 853 1,515 2,368 0.90 1.41 43
Delaware -- 951 951 1.29 1.29 44
Hawaii -- 1,129 1,129 0.95 0.95 45
Pennsylvania -- 10,900 10,900 0.91 0.91 46
Mississippi -- 2,036 2,036 0.75 0.75 47
Tennessee -- 3,747 3,747 0.70 0.70 48
Louisiana -- 2,736 2,736 0.63 0.63 49
Indiana -- 3,624 3,624 0.62 0.62 50
Arizona --   -- -- -- --
Total 467,487 561,510 1,028,997 2.10 3.84  
 

    aEstimates.

    NOTE: PCS data from telephone survey conducted in 1998–1999. HCBS data from telephone survey conducted in 1997.

    SOURCE: Harrington et al., 2000a.