Table 11_1_28-1

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_28.1
Family caregivers who did not want more information about what to expect while the patient was dying, United States, 2008-2009
		2009			2008
Population group		Number	Percent	SE	Number	Percent	SE
Total		194,925	85.0	0.1	180,344	84.7	0.1
Age	18-44	2,126	80.8	0.9	1,929	81.9	0.9
	45-64	22,764	81.5	0.3	21,004	81.7	0.3
	65 and over	157,696	85.6	0.1	145,581	85.3	0.1
Gender	Male	69,930	83.9	0.1	69,136	83.6	0.1
Gender	Female	85,852	85.6	0.1	85,905	85.6	0.1
Race	White	150,093	85.6	0.1	138,223	85.4	0.1
	Black	6,593	83.9	0.5	5,942	84.3	0.5
	API	1,509	76.5	1.1	1,272	78.8	1.2
	AI/AN	1,268	82.7	1.1	1,080	82.2	1.2
	Other race/multiple races	3,726	82.0	0.6	3,176	82.0	0.7
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	152,785	85.5	0.1	147,276	85.1	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	141,970	85.8	0.1	129,323	85.5	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	6,163	84.2	0.5	5,471	84.5	0.5
	Hispanic, all races	4,810	81.5	0.6	4,716	81.0	0.6
Education	Less than high school	19624	86.5	0.2	20489	86.4	0.2
	High school graduate	32214	85.6	0.2	31711	85.5	0.2
	At least some college	28761	83.4	0.2	27647	82.8	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_28-1: 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_28-1.html