Table 11_1_25-2

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_25.2
Hospice patients who received care consistent with their stated end-of-life wishes, by State, 2006 and 2008
	2008		2006
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	94.2	0.09	94.5	0.1
Alabama	94.4	1.03	95.6	0.9
Alaska	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Arizona	93.3	0.85	96.0	0.8
Arkansas	95.4	0.83	DSU	DSU
California	94.1	0.41	94.2	0.4
Colorado	93.7	0.86	92.8	0.7
Connecticut	92.5	0.95	94.7	0.9
Delaware	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
District of Columbia	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Florida	94.0	0.43	94.3	0.4
Georgia	95.3	0.51	95.8	0.5
Hawaii	89.9	1.66	91.0	1.7
Idaho	94.9	0.83	94.3	1.1
Illinois	95.2	0.35	94.2	0.5
Indiana	93.9	0.48	94.8	0.7
Iowa	94.5	0.50	94.2	0.5
Kansas	94.8	1.07	95.4	1.1
Kentucky	93.6	1.19	92.7	1.3
Louisiana	95.3	1.46	91.5	3.7
Maine	96.8	1.29	94.2	3.3
Maryland	95.1	0.53	94.9	0.5
Massachusetts	93.6	0.76	95.3	0.6
Michigan	95.1	0.39	95.7	0.4
Minnesota	96.1	0.37	96.1	0.5
Mississippi	97.6	1.69	94.5	2.2
Missouri	94.5	0.63	95.6	0.6
Montana	94.2	1.42	93.8	1.4
Nebraska	92.9	1.26	98.7	0.7
Nevada	93.0	1.51	90.9	0.9
New Hampshire	96.3	1.14	95.5	1.1
New Jersey	95.3	0.94	96.3	1.0
New Mexico	94.6	1.46	92.6	1.6
New York	94.2	0.47	94.2	0.4
North Carolina	93.7	0.43	94.4	0.4
North Dakota	91.8	1.04	94.8	0.9
Ohio	94.5	0.31	94.6	0.3
Oklahoma	94.9	1.14	95.1	1.6
Oregon	94.2	0.71	94.5	0.8
Pennsylvania	93.3	0.42	95.5	0.4
Puerto Rico	100.0	0.00	DSU	DSU
Rhode Island	90.0	4.80	94.7	5.3
South Carolina	93.0	1.07	90.6	1.3
South Dakota	95.0	1.03	93.6	1.0
Tennessee	95.6	0.79	95.7	0.8
Texas	94.2	0.75	94.6	0.6
Utah	92.9	0.89	94.9	0.8
Vermont	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Virginia	94.0	0.76	94.3	0.9
Washington	93.6	0.50	93.3	0.5
West Virginia	93.7	0.97	94.7	0.9
Wisconsin	92.8	0.44	94.0	0.4
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_25-2: 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_25-2.html