Table 11_1_23-1

2010 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, 2008-2009
		2009			2008
Population group		Sample size	Percent	SE	Sample size	Percent	SE
Total		193,730	89.3	0.1	179,430	88.7	0.1
Age	18-44	2,096	87.6	0.7	1,919	86.7	0.8
	45-64	22,575	88.1	0.2	20,893	87.2	0.2
	65 and over	157,213	89.6	0.1	145,543	88.9	0.1
Gender	Male	69,627	88.9	0.1	69,019	88.3	0.1
Gender	Female	85,677	89.5	0.1	85,932	88.8	0.1
Race	White	149,058	89.2	0.1	137,639	88.7	0.1
	Black	6,499	91.4	0.4	5,837	90.2	0.4
	API	1,486	91.3	0.7	1,252	90.6	0.8
	AI/AN	1,233	88.2	0.9	1,059	87.4	1.0
	Other race/multiple races	3,750	88.7	0.5	3,170	86.9	0.6
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	151,687	89.4	0.1	146,788	88.8	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	141,028	89.3	0.1	128,716	88.7	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	6,097	91.5	0.4	5,395	90.1	0.4
	Hispanic, all races	4,726	88.7	0.5	4,692	88.1	0.5
Education	Less than high school	19,443	89.4	0.2	20,270	88.9	0.2
	High school graduate	31,916	88.9	0.2	31,462	88.4	0.2
	At least some college	28,452	87.8	0.2	27,599	87.0	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 February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 11_1_23-1: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/11_supportive_palliative_care/T11_1_23-1.html