Table 11_1_29-2

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_29.2
Hospice patients who received the right amount of help for feelings of anxiety or sadness, by State, 2009
	2009
State	Number	Percent	SE
Total	87,714	90.6	0.1
Alabama	1,245	93.6	0.7
Alaska	34	94.1	4.1
Arizona	1,225	90.4	0.8
Arkansas	723	93.5	0.9
California	6,964	88.0	0.4
Colorado	1,941	89.4	0.7
Connecticut	936	88.4	1.1
Delaware	438	90.9	1.4
District of Columbia	110	87.3	3.2
Florida	8,972	90.0	0.3
Georgia	1,995	91.2	0.6
Hawaii	325	84.0	2.0
Idaho	530	92.1	1.2
Illinois	2,830	90.3	0.6
Indiana	1,960	91.5	0.6
Iowa	1,706	92.8	0.6
Kansas	704	93.2	1.0
Kentucky	1,973	92.7	0.6
Louisiana	377	92.6	1.4
Maine	467	91.2	1.3
Maryland	1,335	89.5	0.8
Massachusetts	1,660	91.4	0.7
Michigan	3,583	91.3	0.5
Minnesota	1,813	92.4	0.6
Mississippi	217	88.0	2.2
Missouri	1,309	91.4	0.8
Montana	310	92.3	1.5
Nebraska	537	91.4	1.2
Nevada	764	91.1	1.0
New Hampshire	312	92.3	1.5
New Jersey	1,962	89.9	0.7
New Mexico	589	90.3	1.2
New York	4,348	88.4	0.5
North Carolina	3,539	92.6	0.4
North Dakota	390	92.1	1.4
Ohio	7,695	91.5	0.3
Oklahoma	699	90.6	1.1
Oregon	2,040	90.9	0.6
Pennsylvania	3,261	90.7	0.5
Puerto Rico	37	91.9	4.6
Rhode Island	373	92.5	1.4
South Carolina	617	93.7	1.0
South Dakota	312	91.7	1.6
Tennessee	1,710	91.5	0.7
Texas	4,740	89.7	0.4
Utah	633	91.0	1.1
Vermont	429	88.3	1.6
Virginia	1,930	90.2	0.7
Washington	2,035	90.2	0.7
West Virginia	712	91.7	1.0
Wisconsin	2,362	91.0	0.6
Wyoming	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_29-2: 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_29-2.html