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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 |
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Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE |
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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 |
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://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/11_supportive_palliative_care/T11_1_23-1.html