Table 11_1_23-2

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_23.2
Percent of hospice patient caregivers who perceived patient was referred to hospice at the right time, by State, 2007-2009
	2009		2008		2007
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	89.3	0.1	88.7	0.1	88.7	0.1
Alabama	90.5	0.6	90.5	0.6	90.8	0.7
Alaska	78.0	5.4	85.2	3.6	89.2	2.4
Arizona	90.1	0.6	90.0	0.6	88.8	0.6
Arkansas	89.0	0.8	88.9	0.7	88.0	0.8
California	88.5	0.3	87.9	0.3	87.4	0.3
Colorado	89.7	0.5	88.1	0.5	88.9	0.5
Connecticut	87.7	0.7	89.7	0.8	87.9	1.0
Delaware	90.1	1.0	88.9	1.1	89.1	1.1
District of Columbia	91.0	1.9	76.5	7.4	DSU	DSU
Florida	90.1	0.2	89.5	0.2	89.3	0.2
Georgia	91.0	0.4	89.7	0.5	90.5	0.5
Hawaii	90.8	1.1	83.7	1.9	87.7	1.9
Idaho	88.3	1.0	87.3	1.1	89.7	1.2
Illinois	89.0	0.4	88.2	0.4	87.5	0.4
Indiana	89.0	0.5	88.5	0.5	88.5	0.6
Iowa	89.4	0.5	89.6	0.5	89.1	0.5
Kansas	89.8	0.8	89.0	1.0	88.9	0.9
Kentucky	89.2	0.5	89.9	0.5	89.2	0.5
Louisiana	91.6	0.9	89.7	1.0	90.0	1.0
Maine	89.9	1.0	86.9	1.2	88.6	1.3
Maryland	88.4	0.6	87.0	0.6	88.3	0.6
Massachusetts	89.4	0.5	88.0	0.6	88.4	0.6
Michigan	88.9	0.4	88.1	0.4	88.9	0.4
Minnesota	88.8	0.5	86.8	0.6	88.0	0.6
Mississippi	89.8	1.4	88.8	1.9	89.2	1.9
Missouri	89.6	0.6	89.3	0.6	88.8	0.6
Montana	87.4	1.4	88.1	1.7	86.8	1.5
Nebraska	88.6	0.9	89.0	0.9	88.5	1.0
Nevada	88.2	0.8	87.1	0.8	89.2	0.8
New Hampshire	88.2	1.3	88.9	2.0	89.3	1.9
New Jersey	89.5	0.5	87.9	0.6	88.9	0.6
New Mexico	89.8	0.9	86.4	1.1	87.5	1.1
New York	87.5	0.4	87.5	0.4	87.4	0.4
North Carolina	89.5	0.3	89.2	0.4	89.4	0.4
North Dakota	88.5	1.2	89.5	1.1	89.2	1.2
Ohio	89.7	0.2	88.5	0.3	89.0	0.3
Oklahoma	87.7	0.9	91.3	0.9	90.5	1.0
Oregon	87.2	0.5	87.3	0.6	88.9	0.7
Pennsylvania	90.6	0.3	89.9	0.4	89.5	0.4
Puerto Rico	56.7	6.1	53.7	5.5	48.2	4.7
Rhode Island	90.0	1.0	88.3	1.2	89.8	1.1
South Carolina	91.3	0.8	90.7	0.7	88.2	0.8
South Dakota	88.3	1.3	89.7	1.3	88.7	1.3
Tennessee	90.4	0.5	89.1	0.5	88.9	0.5
Texas	90.0	0.3	89.5	0.3	89.0	0.3
Utah	89.4	0.9	88.2	1.0	89.4	1.0
Vermont	90.8	1.1	88.3	1.3	87.8	1.4
Virginia	88.5	0.5	88.2	0.5	87.5	0.6
Washington	86.8	0.5	87.6	0.5	87.0	0.6
West Virginia	89.9	0.8	89.8	0.8	88.7	0.8
Wisconsin	89.5	0.4	88.9	0.4	88.7	0.5
Wyoming	DSU	DSU	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 February 2011

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