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2008 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 9_3_3.2
Hospice patient caregivers who perceived patient was referred to hospice at the right time, by State, 2007
State 2007
Number of providers Percent SE
Total 159,750 88.7 0.1
Alabama 1,752 90.8 0.7
Alaska 176 89.2 2.4
Arizona 2,841 88.8 0.6
Arkansas 1,739 88.0 0.8
California 12,405 87.4 0.3
Colorado 3,986 88.9 0.5
Connecticut 1,156 87.9 1.0
Delaware 761 89.1 1.1
District of Columbia * * *
Florida 18,793 89.3 0.2
Georgia 3,933 90.5 0.5
Hawaii 309 87.7 1.9
Idaho 651 89.7 1.2
Illinois 6,868 87.5 0.4
Indiana 3,309 88.5 0.6
Iowa 3,480 89.1 0.5
Kansas 1,121 88.9 0.9
Kentucky 4,095 89.2 0.5
Louisiana 853 90.0 1.0
Maine 639 88.6 1.3
Maryland 3,343 88.3 0.6
Massachusetts 2,945 88.4 0.6
Michigan 6,903 88.9 0.4
Minnesota 2,632 88.0 0.6
Mississippi 277 89.2 1.9
Missouri 2,662 88.8 0.6
Montana 524 86.8 1.5
Nebraska 1,028 88.5 1.0
Nevada 1,652 89.2 0.8
New Hampshire 281 89.3 1.9
New Jersey 2,806 88.9 0.6
New Mexico 880 87.5 1.1
New York 7,620 87.4 0.4
North Carolina 5,676 89.4 0.4
North Dakota 685 89.2 1.2
Ohio 10,994 89.0 0.3
Oklahoma 875 90.5 1.0
Oregon 2,323 88.9 0.7
Pennsylvania 6,628 89.5 0.4
Puerto Rico 112 48.2 4.7
Rhode Island 768 89.8 1.1
South Carolina 1,486 88.2 0.8
South Dakota 564 88.7 1.3
Tennessee 3,433 88.9 0.5
Texas 9,584 89.0 0.3
Utah 1,021 89.4 1.0
Vermont 547 87.8 1.4
Virginia 3,290 87.5 0.6
Washington 3,236 87.0 0.6
West Virginia 1,523 88.7 0.8
Wisconsin 4,533 88.7 0.5
Wyoming * * *

* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, Family Evaluation of Hospice Care Survey.

 

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