Table 11_1_24-1

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_24.1
Hospice patients who received the right amount of medicine for pain, United States, 2005 and 2008
		2008		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		94.5	0.1	94.1	0.1
Age	18–44	92.4	0.3	91.7	0.3
	45–64	94.0	0.1	93.8	0.1
	65 and over	95.3	0.1	95.1	0.1
Race	American Indian/Alaska Native	92.8	1.2	91.7	1.3
	Asian/Pacific Islander	89.4	1.3	85.5	1.6
	Black	91.6	0.6	91.0	0.6
	White	94.6	0.1	94.3	0.1
	Other race/multiple races	93.8	0.7	92.7	0.8
Ethnicity	Hispanic	93.0	0.6	92.4	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, all races	94.4	0.1	94.1	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	94.6	0.1	94.3	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	91.6	0.6	91.1	0.6
Gender	Male	95.2	0.2	94.8	0.2
Gender	Female	94.0	0.1	93.7	0.1
Education	Less than high school	94.6	0.3	94.0	0.3
	High school graduate	95.0	0.1	94.4	0.2
	At least some college	94.0	0.1	93.8	0.1

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_24-1: 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_24-1.html