Table 11_1_24-2

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_24.2
Hospice patients who received the right amount of medicine for pain management, by State, 2008-2009
	2009		2008
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	94.7	0.1	94.5	0.1
Alabama	96.0	0.4	96.3	0.4
Alaska	90.7	4.0	93.3	2.7
Arizona	95.0	0.5	94.4	0.5
Arkansas	95.7	0.5	95.3	0.5
California	93.4	0.2	93.4	0.2
Colorado	94.2	0.4	94.4	0.4
Connecticut	92.8	0.6	94.5	0.6
Delaware	94.3	0.8	94.7	0.8
District of Columbia	92.9	1.8	DSU	DSU
Florida	95.1	0.2	94.6	0.2
Georgia	95.3	0.3	95.0	0.4
Hawaii	91.4	1.1	93.9	1.4
Idaho	93.3	0.9	94.0	0.8
Illinois	94.1	0.3	94.5	0.3
Indiana	95.0	0.4	94.5	0.4
Iowa	95.7	0.4	95.7	0.4
Kansas	95.9	0.5	95.7	0.7
Kentucky	95.6	0.3	95.5	0.3
Louisiana	93.5	0.9	95.7	0.7
Maine	94.0	0.9	92.6	1.0
Maryland	94.3	0.5	95.4	0.4
Massachusetts	95.0	0.4	94.6	0.5
Michigan	94.3	0.3	93.8	0.3
Minnesota	94.7	0.4	93.8	0.5
Mississippi	95.1	1.1	95.8	1.3
Missouri	94.6	0.5	94.7	0.5
Montana	92.8	1.1	94.6	1.3
Nebraska	95.4	0.6	95.8	0.6
Nevada	94.8	0.6	94.9	0.6
New Hampshire	94.4	1.0	95.3	1.4
New Jersey	94.5	0.4	94.0	0.5
New Mexico	93.6	0.8	94.8	0.8
New York	93.9	0.3	93.9	0.3
North Carolina	95.7	0.2	95.4	0.3
North Dakota	94.7	0.9	94.8	0.9
Ohio	95.2	0.2	95.1	0.2
Oklahoma	93.7	0.7	93.8	0.8
Oregon	93.8	0.4	92.5	0.5
Pennsylvania	95.4	0.3	94.9	0.3
Puerto Rico	94.8	2.9	100.0	0.0
Rhode Island	96.3	0.7	94.6	0.9
South Carolina	96.4	0.5	95.8	0.6
South Dakota	94.1	1.0	93.9	1.1
Tennessee	95.0	0.4	94.4	0.4
Texas	95.1	0.2	94.7	0.2
Utah	94.8	0.7	94.8	0.7
Vermont	93.5	1.0	93.6	1.1
Virginia	94.4	0.4	93.8	0.4
Washington	93.7	0.4	93.6	0.4
West Virginia	95.2	0.6	95.4	0.6
Wisconsin	94.6	0.4	94.2	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 February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 11_1_24-2: 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_24-2.html