Table 3. Home Health Service Use, by State and Residential Location: 1987.
| State | Home Health Use Rate per 1,000 Enrollees | Average Number of Visits per User | ||
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| Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | |
| Alabama | 55.5 | 53.6 | 33.4 | 36.3 |
| Alaska | 32.3 | 18.7 | 22.9 | 17.1 |
| Arizona | 23.2 | 13.3 | 18.6 | 17.1 |
| Arkansas | 35.1 | 36.5 | 27.4 | 25.5 |
| California | 55.6 | 52.2 | 18.3 | 18.7 |
| Colorado | 48.7 | 27.0 | 23.6 | 18.1 |
| Connecticut | 57.2 | 77.6 | 25.5 | 22.0 |
| Delaware | 53.8 | 45.1 | 29.7 | 25.7 |
| District of Columbia | 47.6 | NA | 20.2 | NA |
| Florida | 65.6 | 43.4 | 25.8 | 23.0 |
| Georgia | 42.1 | 40.7 | 31.0 | 32.6 |
| Hawaii | 25.7 | 33.1 | 18.3 | 14.8 |
| Idaho | 33.5 | 37.1 | 13.5 | 19.1 |
| Illinois | 51.8 | 42.6 | 20.6 | 20.6 |
| Indiana | 36.0 | 33.2 | 20.1 | 21.4 |
| Iowa | 32.5 | 22.5 | 19.7 | 18.4 |
| Kansas | 43.5 | 20.1 | 23.5 | 23.8 |
| Kentucky | 36.1 | 46.6 | 24.2 | 29.2 |
| Louisiana | 53.4 | 60.5 | 31.2 | 29.5 |
| Maine | 35.1 | 37.7 | 18.0 | 21.0 |
| Maryland | 52.0 | 42.7 | 21.8 | 19.3 |
| Massachusetts | 56.6 | 43.4 | 21.9 | 18.7 |
| Michigan | 51.2 | 42.1 | 19.9 | 19.9 |
| Minnesota | 28.0 | 18.1 | 15.8 | 15.7 |
| Mississippi | 71.3 | 81.2 | 41.1 | 42.6 |
| Missouri | 70.7 | 58.5 | 23.0 | 24.1 |
| Montana | 35.9 | 40.7 | 15.9 | 29.4 |
| Nebraska | 37.3 | 36.4 | 19.3 | 19.5 |
| Nevada | 41.1 | 35.5 | 25.6 | 20.5 |
| New Hampshire | 45.5 | 52.0 | 18.6 | 17.9 |
| New Jersey | 46.3 | NA | 18.7 | NA |
| New Mexico | 47.0 | 32.2 | 18.6 | 16.8 |
| New York | 43.4 | 44.9 | 18.6 | 16.7 |
| North Carolina | 42.6 | 47.4 | 27.8 | 25.5 |
| North Dakota | 34.6 | 25.8 | 24.0 | 19.7 |
| Ohio | 42.6 | 40.0 | 18.5 | 17.3 |
| Oklahoma | 39.8 | 41.5 | 22.7 | 21.2 |
| Oregon | 45.8 | 41.1 | 18.0 | 18.2 |
| Pennsylvania | 68.5 | 73.3 | 23.9 | 26.4 |
| Rhode Island | 50.9 | NA | 23.8 | NA |
| South Carolina | 43.9 | 44.6 | 25.1 | 24.1 |
| South Dakota | 19.1 | 23.1 | 16.1 | 18.4 |
| Tennessee | 66.3 | 81.5 | 39.8 | 46.3 |
| Texas | 45.9 | 49.9 | 25.0 | 25.0 |
| Utah | 42.1 | 64.9 | 31.5 | 39.5 |
| Vermont | 69.9 | 68.6 | 32.7 | 23.0 |
| Virginia | 42.0 | 41.4 | 24.6 | 25.2 |
| Washington | 45.2 | 45.6 | 18.9 | 18.7 |
| West Virginia | 38.0 | 39.4 | 22.6 | 21.4 |
| Wisconsin | 40.5 | 31.6 | 18.3 | 16.8 |
| Wyoming | 38.2 | 25.6 | 27.6 | 17.0 |
NOTES: The denominator excludes the Medicare enrollees who participate in the health maintenance organization risk plans. Residential location in a metropolitan statistical area is considered urban. NA is not applicable.
SOURCES: Health Care Financing Administration, Bureau of Data Management and Strategy: Data from the 1987 Health Insurance Skeleton Write-Off files and the Home Health Agency 40-percent Bill Skeleton files.