Table 11_1_25-1

2010 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 11_1_25.1
Hospice patients who received care consistent with their stated end-of-life wishes, United States, 2008-2009
		2009			2008
Population group		Sample size	Percent	SE	Sample size	Percent	SE
Total		64,107	94.6	0.1	62,378	94.2	0.1
Age	18-44	693	93.4	1.0	636	89.3	1.2
	45-64	7,414	93.3	0.3	7,252	93.1	0.3
	65 and over	50,315	94.7	0.1	48,995	94.4	0.1
Gender	Male	26,255	94.4	0.1	25,365	93.8	0.2
Gender	Female	31,714	94.7	0.1	31,266	94.6	0.1
Race	White	53,598	95.0	0.1	52,853	94.7	0.1
	Black	1,711	89.1	0.8	1,701	87.6	0.8
	API	570	83.0	1.6	559	87.1	1.4
	AI/AN	417	89.9	1.5	357	90.2	1.6
	Other race/multiple races	813	88.9	1.1	790	89.8	1.1
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	54,879	94.7	0.1	54,100	94.4	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	51,465	95.1	0.1	50,840	94.7	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	1,654	89.2	0.8	1,618	87.8	0.8
	Hispanic	1,389	89.9	0.8	1,373	88.8	0.9
Education	Less than high school	13,398	92.9	0.2	14,064	92.6	0.2
	High school graduate	22,188	94.6	0.2	21,734	94.5	0.2
	At least some college	19,639	95.6	0.2	18,940	95.2	0.2

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 October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 11_1_25-1: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/11_supportive_palliative_care/T11_1_25-1.html