Table 11_1_25-2

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_25.2
Hospice patients who received care consistent with patient�s wishes, by State, 2008-2009
	2009		2008
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	94.6	0.1	94.2	0.1
Alabama	92.5	1.3	94.4	1.0
Alaska	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Arizona	93.3	0.9	93.3	0.9
Arkansas	96.0	0.7	95.4	0.8
California	94.2	0.4	94.1	0.4
Colorado	93.7	0.7	93.7	0.9
Connecticut	92.6	1.0	92.5	1.0
Delaware	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
District of Columbia	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Florida	94.7	0.4	94.0	0.4
Georgia	95.2	0.6	95.3	0.5
Hawaii	89.3	1.6	89.9	1.7
Idaho	94.0	0.9	94.9	0.8
Illinois	95.8	0.4	95.2	0.4
Indiana	94.5	0.4	93.9	0.5
Iowa	94.5	0.5	94.5	0.5
Kansas	94.8	1.0	94.8	1.1
Kentucky	93.2	1.4	93.6	1.2
Louisiana	89.6	2.1	95.3	1.5
Maine	91.9	1.9	96.8	1.3
Maryland	94.7	0.6	95.1	0.5
Massachusetts	93.8	0.8	93.6	0.8
Michigan	95.0	0.4	95.1	0.4
Minnesota	95.6	0.4	96.1	0.4
Mississippi	89.9	3.7	97.6	1.7
Missouri	95.2	0.7	94.5	0.6
Montana	96.7	0.9	94.2	1.4
Nebraska	95.4	1.0	92.9	1.3
Nevada	94.2	1.3	93.0	1.5
New Hampshire	94.6	1.0	96.3	1.1
New Jersey	93.8	0.7	95.3	0.9
New Mexico	91.8	1.2	94.6	1.5
New York	94.2	0.4	94.2	0.5
North Carolina	95.0	0.4	93.7	0.4
North Dakota	94.7	0.9	91.8	1.0
Ohio	94.5	0.3	94.5	0.3
Oklahoma	92.3	1.5	94.9	1.1
Oregon	92.0	0.8	94.2	0.7
Pennsylvania	95.1	0.4	93.3	0.4
Puerto Rico	92.1	3.4	100.0	0.0
Rhode Island	77.3	9.1	90.0	4.8
South Carolina	93.6	1.2	93.0	1.1
South Dakota	94.5	1.0	95.0	1.0
Tennessee	95.1	0.7	95.6	0.8
Texas	93.8	0.7	94.2	0.8
Utah	95.5	0.7	92.9	0.9
Vermont	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Virginia	95.8	0.6	94.0	0.8
Washington	95.5	0.4	93.6	0.5
West Virginia	91.5	1.7	93.7	1.0
Wisconsin	94.6	0.4	92.8	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_25-2: 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_25-2.html