Table 9_3_2-2

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_2.2
Hospice patients who received care consistent with their stated end-of-life wishes, by State, 2006 and 2007
State	2007			2006
State	Number of providers	Percent	SE	Number of providers	Percent	SE
Total	60,692	94.4	0.1	56,240	94.5	0.1
Alabama	787	94.0	0.9	550	95.6	0.9
Alaska	*	*	*	*	*	*
Arizona	631	95.6	0.8	592	96.0	0.8
Arkansas	261	96.2	1.2	*	*	*
California	2,807	94.5	0.4	2,789	94.2	0.4
Colorado	1,704	93.4	0.6	1,462	92.8	0.7
Connecticut	772	93.0	0.9	654	94.7	0.9
Delaware	*	*	*	*	*	*
District of Columbia	*	*	*	*	*	*
Florida	2,894	94.3	0.4	2,964	94.3	0.4
Georgia	1,916	96.7	0.4	1,778	95.8	0.5
Hawaii	309	90.3	1.7	277	91.0	1.7
Idaho	539	95.6	0.9	491	94.3	1.1
Illinois	3,157	94.5	0.4	2,582	94.2	0.5
Indiana	1,789	94.3	0.6	1,031	94.8	0.7
Iowa	2,000	94.2	0.5	2,284	94.2	0.5
Kansas	379	95.3	1.1	347	95.4	1.1
Kentucky	263	93.9	1.5	426	92.7	1.3
Louisiana	245	95.1	1.4	59	91.5	3.7
Maine	122	95.9	1.8	52	94.2	3.3
Maryland	2,053	95.8	0.4	1,677	94.9	0.5
Massachusetts	1,260	94.1	0.7	1,467	95.3	0.6
Michigan	2,878	94.5	0.4	2,623	95.7	0.4
Minnesota	2,138	95.0	0.5	1,565	96.1	0.5
Mississippi	82	95.1	2.4	109	94.5	2.2
Missouri	1,275	95.6	0.6	1,416	95.6	0.6
Montana	412	94.7	1.1	292	93.8	1.4
Nebraska	401	96.3	1.0	232	98.7	0.7
Nevada	1,064	92.1	0.8	989	90.9	0.9
New Hampshire	283	94.7	1.3	397	95.5	1.1
New Jersey	396	96.2	1.0	373	96.3	1.0
New Mexico	216	93.5	1.7	256	92.6	1.6
New York	3,723	94.3	0.4	3,912	94.2	0.4
North Carolina	3,491	93.9	0.4	3,522	94.4	0.4
North Dakota	620	94.0	1.0	577	94.8	0.9
Ohio	4,548	93.8	0.4	4,458	94.6	0.3
Oklahoma	311	93.9	1.4	182	95.1	1.6
Oregon	969	95.1	0.7	800	94.5	0.8
Pennsylvania	3,068	94.5	0.4	2,921	95.5	0.4
Puerto Rico	*	*	*	*	*	*
Rhode Island	44	95.5	3.2	19	94.7	5.3
South Carolina	747	93.7	0.9	476	90.6	1.3
South Dakota	481	95.0	1.0	558	93.6	1.0
Tennessee	887	93.9	0.8	695	95.7	0.8
Texas	824	93.8	0.8	1,254	94.6	0.6
Utah	843	93.7	0.8	690	94.9	0.8
Vermont	*	*	*	*	*	*
Virginia	883	96.3	0.6	718	94.3	0.9
Washington	2,174	95.2	0.5	2,165	93.3	0.5
West Virginia	741	95.0	0.8	680	94.7	0.9
Wisconsin	3,304	92.6	0.5	2,879	94.0	0.4
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_2-2: 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_2-2.html