Table 11_1_23-1

2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 11_1_23.1
Hospice patient caregivers who perceived patient was referred to hospice at the right time, United States, 2005 and 2008
		2008		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		88.7	0.1	87.3	0.1
Age	18–44	83.1	0.5	83.2	0.4
	45–64	86.9	0.2	85.9	0.2
	65 and over	90.4	0.2	89.8	0.2
Race	AI/AN	85.2	1.5	83.3	1.7
	API	90.5	1.1	87.3	1.4
	Black	89.4	0.6	89.4	0.6
	White	88.0	0.1	87.1	0.1
	Other race/multiple races	86.4	1.0	86.9	1.0
Ethnicity	Hispanic	87.8	0.7	87.3	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, all races	88.1	0.1	87.1	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	88.1	0.1	87.1	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	89.5	0.6	89.4	0.6
Gender	Male	90.4	0.2	89.5	0.2
Gender	Female	87.1	0.1	86.2	0.2
Education	Less than high school	91.2	0.4	90.8	0.4
	High school graduate	90.4	0.2	88.9	0.2
	At least some college	86.5	0.2	85.5	0.2

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; API: Asian or Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

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

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 11_1_23-1: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/11_supportive_palliative_care/T11_1_23-1.html