Connecticut

Highlights

• In the past year, nursing home quality increased 11% from 46.2% to 51.2% of beds rated 4- or 5-stars.
• In the past year, preventable hospitalizations decreased 12% from 56.7 to 50.1 discharges per 1,000 Medicare beneficiaries.
• In the past year, low-care nursing home residents decreased 11% from 15.1% to 13.5% of residents.
• In the past 2 years, poverty increased 16% from 6.7% to 7.8% of adults ages 65+.
• In the past 3 years, hospital deaths decreased 24% from 32.2% to 24.6% of decedents ages 65+.