Table 11_1_23-2

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_23.2
Hospice patient caregivers who perceived patient was referred to hospice at the right time, by State, 2007 and 2008
	2008		2007
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	88.7	0.1	88.7	0.1
Alabama	90.5	0.6	90.8	0.7
Alaska	85.2	3.6	89.2	2.4
Arizona	90.0	0.6	88.8	0.6
Arkansas	88.9	0.7	88.0	0.8
California	87.9	0.3	87.4	0.3
Colorado	88.1	0.5	88.9	0.5
Connecticut	89.7	0.8	87.9	1.0
Delaware	88.9	1.1	89.1	1.1
District of Columbia	76.5	7.4	DSU	DSU
Florida	89.5	0.2	89.3	0.2
Georgia	89.7	0.5	90.5	0.5
Hawaii	83.7	1.9	87.7	1.9
Idaho	87.3	1.1	89.7	1.2
Illinois	88.2	0.4	87.5	0.4
Indiana	88.5	0.5	88.5	0.6
Iowa	89.6	0.5	89.1	0.5
Kansas	89.0	1.0	88.9	0.9
Kentucky	89.9	0.5	89.2	0.5
Louisiana	89.7	1.0	90.0	1.0
Maine	86.9	1.2	88.6	1.3
Maryland	87.0	0.6	88.3	0.6
Massachusetts	88.0	0.6	88.4	0.6
Michigan	88.1	0.4	88.9	0.4
Minnesota	86.8	0.6	88.0	0.6
Mississippi	88.8	1.9	89.2	1.9
Missouri	89.3	0.6	88.8	0.6
Montana	88.1	1.7	86.8	1.5
Nebraska	89.0	0.9	88.5	1.0
Nevada	87.1	0.8	89.2	0.8
New Hampshire	88.9	2.0	89.3	1.9
New Jersey	87.9	0.6	88.9	0.6
New Mexico	86.4	1.1	87.5	1.1
New York	87.5	0.4	87.4	0.4
North Carolina	89.2	0.4	89.4	0.4
North Dakota	89.5	1.1	89.2	1.2
Ohio	88.5	0.3	89.0	0.3
Oklahoma	91.3	0.9	90.5	1.0
Oregon	87.3	0.6	88.9	0.7
Pennsylvania	89.9	0.4	89.5	0.4
Puerto Rico	53.7	5.5	48.2	4.7
Rhode Island	88.3	1.2	89.8	1.1
South Carolina	90.7	0.7	88.2	0.8
South Dakota	89.7	1.3	88.7	1.3
Tennessee	89.1	0.5	88.9	0.5
Texas	89.5	0.3	89.0	0.3
Utah	88.2	1.0	89.4	1.0
Vermont	88.3	1.3	87.8	1.4
Virginia	88.2	0.5	87.5	0.6
Washington	87.6	0.5	87.0	0.6
West Virginia	89.8	0.8	88.7	0.8
Wisconsin	88.9	0.4	88.7	0.5
Wyoming	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

DSU - 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.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 11_1_23-2: 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_23-2.html