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Table 1.144b
Percent of hospice patients who received care consistent with patient's wishes, by State, 2006 |
| State |
Number of providers |
Percent |
Standard error |
| Total |
56,240 |
94.5 |
0.1 |
| Alabama |
550 |
95.6 |
0.9 |
| Arizona |
592 |
96.0 |
0.8 |
| California |
2,789 |
94.2 |
0.4 |
| Colorado |
1,462 |
92.8 |
0.7 |
| Connecticut |
654 |
94.7 |
0.9 |
| Florida |
2,964 |
94.3 |
0.4 |
| Georgia |
1,778 |
95.8 |
0.5 |
| Hawaii |
277 |
91.0 |
1.7 |
| Idaho |
491 |
94.3 |
1.1 |
| Illinois |
2,582 |
94.2 |
0.5 |
| Indiana |
1,031 |
94.8 |
0.7 |
| Iowa |
2,284 |
94.2 |
0.5 |
| Kansas |
347 |
95.4 |
1.1 |
| Kentucky |
426 |
92.7 |
1.3 |
| Louisiana |
59 |
91.5 |
3.7 |
| Maine |
52 |
94.2 |
3.3 |
| Maryland |
1,677 |
94.9 |
0.5 |
| Massachusetts |
1,467 |
95.3 |
0.6 |
| Michigan |
2,623 |
95.7 |
0.4 |
| Minnesota |
1,565 |
96.1 |
0.5 |
| Mississippi |
109 |
94.5 |
2.2 |
| Missouri |
1,416 |
95.6 |
0.6 |
| Montana |
292 |
93.8 |
1.4 |
| Nebraska |
232 |
98.7 |
0.7 |
| Nevada |
989 |
90.9 |
0.9 |
| New Hampshire |
397 |
95.5 |
1.1 |
| New Jersey |
373 |
96.3 |
1.0 |
| New Mexico |
256 |
92.6 |
1.6 |
| New York |
3,912 |
94.2 |
0.4 |
| North Carolina |
3,522 |
94.4 |
0.4 |
| North Dakota |
577 |
94.8 |
0.9 |
| Ohio |
4,458 |
94.6 |
0.3 |
| Oklahoma |
182 |
95.1 |
1.6 |
| Oregon |
800 |
94.5 |
0.8 |
| Pennsylvania |
2,921 |
95.5 |
0.4 |
| Rhode Island |
19 |
94.7 |
5.3 |
| South Carolina |
476 |
90.6 |
1.3 |
| South Dakota |
558 |
93.6 |
1.0 |
| Tennessee |
695 |
95.7 |
0.8 |
| Texas |
1,254 |
94.6 |
0.6 |
| Utah |
690 |
94.9 |
0.8 |
| Virginia |
718 |
94.3 |
0.9 |
| Washington |
2,165 |
93.3 |
0.5 |
| West Virginia |
680 |
94.7 |
0.9 |
| Wisconsin |
2,879 |
94.0 |
0.4 |
Source: National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, Family Evaluation of Hospice Care survey data. This survey is completely voluntary, so data for some States may not be available.
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