Table T2_12_1_23-1

2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

This appendix provides detailed data tables for all measures analyzed for the 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Tables are included for measures discussed in the main text of the reports as well as for other measures that were examined but not included in the main text.

Table 2_12_1_23.1
Hospice patient caregivers who perceived patient was referred to hospice at the right time, United States, 2008–2011
		2011			2010			2009			2008
Population group		Sample size	Percent	SE^a	Sample size	Percent	SE^a	Sample size	Percent	SE^a	Sample size	Percent	SE^a
Total		202,438	89.6	0.1	210,847	89.5	0.1	193,730	89.3	0.1	179,430	88.7	0.1
Age	18–44	1,955	88.3	0.7	2,094	87.8	0.7	2,096	87.6	0.7	1,919	86.7	0.8
	45–64	23,073	87.5	0.2	24,279	88.4	0.2	22,575	88.1	0.2	20,893	87.2	0.2
	65 and over	166,733	89.9	0.1	171,884	89.7	0.1	157,213	89.6	0.1	145,543	88.9	0.1
Gender	Male	81,766	89.2	0.1	73,864	88.8	0.1	69,627	88.9	0.1	69,019	88.3	0.1
Gender	Female	95,784	89.8	0.1	89,842	89.8	0.1	85,677	89.5	0.1	85,932	88.8	0.1
Race	White	157,387	89.6	0.1	162,623	89.5	0.1	149,058	89.2	0.1	137,639	88.7	0.1
	Black	6,838	91.3	0.3	7,319	91.2	0.3	6,499	91.4	0.4	5,837	90.2	0.4
	API	1,848	89.3	0.7	1,745	89.8	0.7	1,486	91.3	0.7	1,252	90.6	0.8
	AI/AN	989	87.9	1.0	1,375	87.9	0.9	1,233	88.2	0.9	1,059	87.4	1.0
	Other race/multiple races	2,390	88.3	0.7	3,918	88.9	0.5	3,750	88.7	0.5	3,170	86.9	0.6
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	161,853	89.6	0.1	166,007	89.5	0.1	151,687	89.4	0.1	146,788	88.8	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	150,556	89.6	0.1	153,844	89.5	0.1	141,028	89.3	0.1	128,716	88.7	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	6,457	91.4	0.4	6,818	91.3	0.3	6,097	91.5	0.4	5,395	90.1	0.4
	Hispanic, all races	4,974	89.8	0.4	5,375	89.0	0.4	4,726	88.7	0.5	4,692	88.1	0.5
Education	Less than high school	31,876	90.7	0.2	18,644	90.0	0.2	19,443	89.4	0.2	20,270	88.9	0.2
	High school graduate	59,938	90.0	0.1	31,941	89.1	0.2	31,916	88.9	0.2	31,462	88.4	0.2
	At least some college	53,889	88.3	0.1	28,593	87.5	0.2	28,452	87.8	0.2	27,599	87.0	0.2

^a Standard errors were estimated using the SAS 9.2.2 means procedure and should be interpreted with caution as data may violate assumption of normality.

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 June 2013

Internet Citation: Table T2_12_1_23-1: 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. June 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr12/12_supportive_palliative_care/T2_12_1_23-1.html