Table 11_1_29-1

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_29.1
Hospice patients who received the right amount of help for feelings of anxiety or sadness, United States, 2008-2009
		2009			2008
Population group		Number	Percent	SE	Number	Percent	SE
Total		87,714	90.6	0.1	82,470	90.3	0.1
Age	18-44	1,202	87.1	1.0	1,115	85.3	1.1
	45-64	12,716	89.2	0.3	11,964	88.8	0.3
	65 and over	67,903	90.9	0.1	63,831	90.6	0.1
Gender	Male	32,297	90.4	0.2	32,413	90.0	0.2
Gender	Female	38,145	90.7	0.2	38,534	90.5	0.2
Race	White	68,498	91.5	0.1	63,993	91.1	0.1
	Black	2,518	85.1	0.7	2,352	86.1	0.7
	API	644	79.5	1.6	512	81.1	1.7
	AI/AN	591	88.5	1.3	559	85.0	1.5
	Other race/multiple races	1,799	87.7	0.8	1,568	86.7	0.9
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	69,343	91.2	0.1	67,447	90.7	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	64,922	91.6	0.1	60,070	91.2	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	2,350	85.5	0.7	2,175	86.0	0.7
	Hispanic, all races	2,327	85.7	0.7	2,269	85.3	0.7
Education	Less than high school	15,217	92.0	0.2	15,370	91.6	0.2
	High school graduate	9,050	91.5	0.3	9,593	91.2	0.3
	At least some college	14,286	90.6	0.2	13,798	90.5	0.3

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.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 11_1_29-1: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/11_supportive_palliative_care/T11_1_29-1.html