Table T2_12_1_24-1

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_24.1
Hospice patients who received the right amount of medicine for pain, 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		171,023	94.9	0.1	178,067	94.6	0.1	164,348	94.7	0.1	152,409	94.5	0.1
Age	18–44	1,831	93.5	0.6	1,953	92.2	0.6	1,964	92.6	0.6	1,827	91.1	0.7
	45–64	21,322	93.2	0.2	22,494	93.0	0.2	21,034	93.2	0.2	19,427	93.1	0.2
	65 and over	137,143	95.2	0.1	142,206	95.0	0.1	130,457	95.0	0.1	120,761	94.9	0.1
Gender	Male	68,326	94.8	0.1	61,561	94.4	0.1	58,583	94.6	0.1	58,014	94.4	0.1
Gender	Female	80,392	95.0	0.1	75,828	94.8	0.1	72,470	94.7	0.1	72,755	94.6	0.1
Race	White	132,377	95.2	0.1	137,260	95.0	0.1	126,483	95.0	0.1	116,666	94.9	0.1
	Black	5,738	94.0	0.3	6,190	93.6	0.3	5,556	93.4	0.3	5,012	93.4	0.4
	API	1,499	90.9	0.7	1,433	90.9	0.8	1,213	91.3	0.8	1,035	90.4	0.9
	AI/AN	871	92.9	0.9	1,215	93.7	0.7	1,096	93.3	0.8	929	92.8	0.9
	Other race/multiple races	2,034	92.0	0.6	3,334	92.5	0.5	3,161	93.4	0.4	2,718	94.3	0.5
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	136,100	95.1	0.1	140,384	94.9	0.1	128,876	94.9	0.1	124,222	94.7	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	126,671	95.2	0.1	130,033	95.0	0.1	119,754	95.0	0.1	109,229	94.9	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	5,415	94.0	0.3	5,778	93.7	0.3	5,201	93.4	0.4	4,618	93.3	0.4
	Hispanic, all races	4,209	93.9	0.4	4,603	94.0	0.4	4,067	93.6	0.4	4,000	94.1	0.4
Education	Less than high school	26,782	95.4	0.1	15,775	94.8	0.2	16,578	95.0	0.2	17,291	94.8	0.2
	High school graduate	50,524	95.3	0.1	27,204	94.8	0.1	27,404	94.9	0.1	27,043	94.6	0.1
	At least some college	45,249	94.6	0.1	24,185	94.1	0.2	24,269	94.1	0.2	23,448	93.9	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_24-1: 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_24-1.html