Table 9_3_1-2

2008 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 9_3_1.2
Hospice patients who received the right amount of medicine for pain, by State, 2006 and 2007
State	2007			2006
State	Number of providers	Percent	SE	Number of providers	Percent	SE
Total	135,832	94.3	0.1	111,314	94.2	0.1
Alabama	1,533	96.5	0.5	1,101	95.6	0.6
Alaska	151	88.7	2.6	94	91.5	2.9
Arizona	2,365	93.6	0.5	2,023	93.8	0.5
Arkansas	1,541	96.0	0.5	680	94.7	0.9
California	10,528	92.8	0.3	8,090	93.0	0.3
Colorado	3,361	93.6	0.4	3,063	92.8	0.5
Connecticut	966	93.9	0.8	751	94.1	0.9
Delaware	659	92.9	1.0	578	94.3	1.0
District of Columbia	*	*	*	*	*	*
Florida	15,304	94.7	0.2	10,409	94.4	0.2
Georgia	3,440	95.4	0.4	2,872	94.3	0.4
Hawaii	247	89.9	1.9	228	91.7	1.8
Idaho	560	93.6	1.0	493	93.9	1.1
Illinois	5,599	94.4	0.3	4,526	94.1	0.4
Indiana	2,993	94.9	0.4	2,018	94.8	0.5
Iowa	2,919	95.1	0.4	2,887	95.3	0.4
Kansas	944	94.7	0.7	929	96.0	0.6
Kentucky	3,647	95.6	0.3	3,558	95.2	0.4
Louisiana	729	94.4	0.9	446	95.1	1.0
Maine	548	94.5	1.0	505	94.3	1.0
Maryland	2,885	94.9	0.4	1,838	94.4	0.5
Massachusetts	2,397	93.9	0.5	2,266	94.1	0.5
Michigan	5,740	94.2	0.3	5,630	93.8	0.3
Minnesota	2,288	94.4	0.5	1,699	94.8	0.5
Mississippi	236	94.1	1.5	245	91.0	1.8
Missouri	2,309	94.5	0.5	2,063	94.2	0.5
Montana	449	92.0	1.3	378	95.5	1.1
Nebraska	890	96.5	0.6	584	94.9	0.9
Nevada	1,423	94.2	0.6	1,309	94.6	0.6
New Hampshire	243	95.9	1.3	346	94.8	1.2
New Jersey	2,238	93.9	0.5	1,812	92.3	0.6
New Mexico	780	94.7	0.8	765	93.6	0.9
New York	6,362	93.3	0.3	5,935	93.7	0.3
North Carolina	5,009	95.3	0.3	4,085	95.2	0.3
North Dakota	619	95.2	0.9	557	95.7	0.9
Ohio	9,530	94.9	0.2	8,700	95.0	0.2
Oklahoma	855	93.8	0.8	717	94.8	0.8
Oregon	2,051	92.3	0.6	1,789	93.1	0.6
Pennsylvania	5,446	94.7	0.3	4,144	95.2	0.3
Puerto Rico	76	98.7	1.3	85	98.8	1.2
Rhode Island	660	93.9	0.9	470	95.3	1.0
South Carolina	1,287	95.6	0.6	833	95.2	0.7
South Dakota	477	95.0	1.0	539	93.9	1.0
Tennessee	3,044	94.6	0.4	2,357	94.5	0.5
Texas	8,254	94.4	0.3	6,225	94.6	0.3
Utah	922	94.7	0.7	845	93.3	0.9
Vermont	479	92.5	1.2	472	92.8	1.2
Virginia	2,799	93.7	0.5	2,745	93.3	0.5
Washington	2,833	92.8	0.5	2,541	93.1	0.5
West Virginia	1,334	95.8	0.6	1,190	96.4	0.5
Wisconsin	3,836	94.0	0.4	2,888	93.7	0.5
Wyoming	*	*	*	*	*	*

* - 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 September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 9_3_1-2: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/9_nursinghome_homehealth_hospice/T9_3_1-2.html