T11_1_25_1

2011 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, 2008-2010
		2010			2009			2008
Population group		Sample size	Percent	SE^a	Sample size	Percent	SE^a	Sample size	Percent	SE^a
Total		65,809	94.4	0.1	64,107	94.6	0.1	62,378	94.2	0.1
Age	18-44	650	94.3	0.9	693	93.4	1.0	636	89.3	1.2
	45-64	7,394	93.4	0.3	7,414	93.3	0.3	7,252	93.1	0.3
	65 and over	51,309	94.6	0.1	50,315	94.7	0.1	48,995	94.4	0.1
Gender	Male	26,766	94.2	0.1	26,255	94.4	0.1	25,365	93.8	0.2
Gender	Female	31,809	94.6	0.1	31,714	94.7	0.1	31,266	94.6	0.1
Race	White	53,146	94.8	0.1	53,598	95.0	0.1	52,853	94.7	0.1
	Black	1,781	89.9	0.7	1,711	89.1	0.8	1,701	87.6	0.8
	API	392	90.6	1.5	570	83.0	1.6	559	87.1	1.4
	AI/AN	542	85.6	1.5	417	89.9	1.5	357	90.2	1.6
	Other race/multiple races	827	88.4	1.1	813	88.9	1.1	790	89.8	1.1
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	54,671	94.5	0.1	54,879	94.7	0.1	54,100	94.4	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	51,105	94.8	0.1	51,465	95.1	0.1	50,840	94.7	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	1,694	90.3	0.7	1,654	89.2	0.8	1,618	87.8	0.8
	Hispanic, all races	1,481	89.0	0.8	1,389	89.9	0.8	1,373	88.8	0.9
Education	Less than high school	13,137	92.7	0.2	13,398	92.9	0.2	14,064	92.6	0.2
	High school graduate	22,308	94.4	0.2	22,188	94.6	0.2	21,734	94.5	0.2
	At least some college	19,949	95.6	0.1	19,639	95.6	0.2	18,940	95.2	0.2

^a. Standard errors (SE) were estimated using the SAS 9.2.2 means procedure. Standard errors estimated in this table should be interpreted with caution as data may violate assumption of normality.

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: T11_1_25_1: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/11_supportive_palliative_care/T11_1_25_1.html