1. THE COMMONWEALTH FUND Source: McCarthy and Leatherman, Performance Snapshots, 2006. www.cmwf.org/snapshots Percentage of Adult Home Health Care Patients Whose Functional Outcomes Improved, National Rates (Part 1), 2002–2005 Data: Outcome and Assessment Information Set (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2004, 2005; Medicare Home Health Compare 2006). Represents nonmaternity patients (ages 18 and older) of Medicare-certified home health agencies whose care was paid for by Medicare or Medicaid. *December 2004 through November 2005.

2. THE COMMONWEALTH FUND Source: McCarthy and Leatherman, Performance Snapshots, 2006. www.cmwf.org/snapshots Percentage of Adult Home Health Care Patients Whose Functional Outcomes Improved, National Rates (Part 2), 2002–2005 Data: Outcome and Assessment Information Set (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2004, 2005; Medicare Home Health Compare 2006). Represents nonmaternity patients (ages 18 and older) of Medicare-certified home health agencies whose care was paid for by Medicare or Medicaid. *December 2004 through November 2005.

3. THE COMMONWEALTH FUND Source: McCarthy and Leatherman, Performance Snapshots, 2006. www.cmwf.org/snapshots Percentage of Adult Home Health Care Patients Whose Functional Outcomes Improved, Range of State Rates, 2004 Data: Outcome and Assessment Information Set (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2005). Represents nonmaternity patients (ages 18 and older) of Medicare-certified home health agencies whose care was paid for by Medicare or Medicaid. Rates were risk-adjusted.

4. THE COMMONWEALTH FUND Source: McCarthy and Leatherman, Performance Snapshots, 2006. www.cmwf.org/snapshots Percentage of Adult Home Health Care Patients Who Were Hospitalized, National and Range of State Rates, 2002–2005 Data: Outcome and Assessment Information Set (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2004, 2005; Medicare Home Health Compare 2006). Represents nonmaternity patients (ages 18 and older) of Medicare-certified home health agencies whose care was paid for by Medicare or Medicaid. *Dec. 2004–Nov. 2005. State rates were risk-adjusted.

5. THE COMMONWEALTH FUND Source: McCarthy and Leatherman, Performance Snapshots, 2006. www.cmwf.org/snapshots Percentage of Adult Home Health Care Patients Who Were Hospitalized, by State, 2004 Data: Outcome and Assessment Information Set (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2005). Represents nonmaternity patients (ages 18 and older) of Medicare-certified home health agencies whose care was paid for by Medicare or Medicaid. Rates were risk-adjusted.