Table 11_1_28-2

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_28.2
Family caregivers who did not want more information about what to expect while the patient was dying, by State, 2007-2009
	2009			2008			2007
State	Number	Percent	SE	Number	Percent	SE	Number	Percent	SE
Total	194,925	85.0	0.1	180,344	84.7	0.1	159,914	84.5	0.1
Alabama	2,552	88.0	0.6	2,420	88.6	0.7	1,769	88.8	0.8
Alaska	59	84.8	4.7	100	87.0	3.4	181	81.8	2.9
Arizona	2,720	84.1	0.7	2,980	83.6	0.7	2,859	82.1	0.7
Arkansas	1,676	87.3	0.8	1,905	87.2	0.8	1,765	88.1	0.8
California	15,236	82.9	0.3	14,087	82.3	0.3	12,392	82.0	0.4
Colorado	4,136	83.7	0.6	4,383	83.2	0.6	4,014	83.2	0.6
Connecticut	2,102	84.1	0.8	1,583	82.4	1.0	1,172	82.5	1.1
Delaware	919	84.7	1.2	900	84.1	1.2	768	81.0	1.4
District of Columbia	235	79.6	2.6	33	81.8	6.8	DSU	DSU	DSU
Florida	22,674	84.5	0.2	19,775	84.2	0.3	18,915	84.2	0.3
Georgia	4,616	85.5	0.5	4,145	85.1	0.6	3,960	85.2	0.6
Hawaii	748	81.6	1.4	376	80.6	2.0	313	85.3	2.0
Idaho	987	86.5	1.1	905	89.0	1.0	664	86.9	1.3
Illinois	6,622	83.8	0.5	6,640	83.7	0.5	6,433	84.0	0.5
Indiana	4,291	85.3	0.5	4,001	86.1	0.6	3,410	84.4	0.6
Iowa	3,854	88.1	0.5	3,883	88.0	0.5	3,503	88.3	0.5
Kansas	1,574	88.2	0.8	1,073	89.7	0.9	1,136	88.7	0.9
Kentucky	4,465	88.1	0.5	4,312	86.9	0.5	4,122	86.7	0.5
Louisiana	863	87.6	1.1	1,033	85.0	1.1	855	87.4	1.1
Maine	886	85.2	1.2	813	86.2	1.2	639	82.5	1.5
Maryland	3,060	83.6	0.7	3,110	84.4	0.7	3,374	85.6	0.6
Massachusetts	3,451	84.6	0.6	3,070	84.0	0.7	2,919	81.9	0.7
Michigan	7,664	84.5	0.4	6,756	84.5	0.4	6,711	84.3	0.4
Minnesota	3,606	85.1	0.6	3,370	84.2	0.6	2,666	84.0	0.7
Mississippi	444	87.6	1.6	289	84.8	2.1	274	84.3	2.2
Missouri	2,688	86.6	0.7	2,904	86.0	0.6	2,710	86.3	0.7
Montana	593	84.8	1.5	365	84.7	1.9	539	82.2	1.7
Nebraska	1,410	89.3	0.8	1,284	87.5	0.9	1,050	87.6	1.0
Nevada	1,732	83.2	0.9	1,755	83.1	0.9	1,673	82.8	0.9
New Hampshire	654	86.9	1.3	266	86.8	2.1	275	88.4	1.9
New Jersey	4,435	84.2	0.6	3,068	84.1	0.7	2,819	83.7	0.7
New Mexico	1,035	84.1	1.1	860	84.1	1.3	847	84.4	1.3
New York	8,777	82.3	0.4	8,164	83.3	0.4	7,319	83.1	0.4
North Carolina	7,959	86.2	0.4	7,626	87.0	0.4	5,734	86.9	0.5
North Dakota	771	87.0	1.2	816	86.5	1.2	698	88.1	1.2
Ohio	17,391	86.0	0.3	15,356	85.5	0.3	11,092	85.2	0.3
Oklahoma	1,375	84.5	1.0	1,028	86.2	1.1	969	84.2	1.2
Oregon	4,018	83.0	0.6	3,018	80.9	0.7	2,360	82.1	0.8
Pennsylvania	7,879	86.6	0.4	7,586	85.5	0.4	6,619	85.5	0.4
Puerto Rico	66	81.8	4.8	81	95.1	2.4	113	94.7	2.1
Rhode Island	874	85.1	1.2	750	81.1	1.4	772	81.9	1.4
South Carolina	1,450	87.1	0.9	1,562	87.3	0.8	1,503	84.5	0.9
South Dakota	646	87.2	1.3	581	88.0	1.4	576	85.6	1.5
Tennessee	3,810	85.4	0.6	3,794	86.5	0.6	3,459	85.6	0.6
Texas	10,969	85.3	0.3	10,913	84.9	0.3	9,630	84.8	0.4
Utah	1,130	85.6	1.1	1,109	85.8	1.1	1,044	87.2	1.0
Vermont	726	83.3	1.4	581	79.4	1.7	551	84.9	1.5
Virginia	4,087	82.9	0.6	3,765	82.3	0.6	3,328	83.2	0.7
Washington	4,455	83.3	0.6	4,382	82.5	0.6	3,325	82.9	0.7
West Virginia	1,616	88.1	0.8	1,557	88.2	0.8	1,513	88.7	0.8
Wisconsin	4,929	86.6	0.5	5,206	85.6	0.5	4,531	84.9	0.5
Wyoming	DSU	DSU	DSU	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_28-2: 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_28-2.html