T11_1_28_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_28.1
Family caregivers who did not want more information about what to expect while the patient was dying, 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		210,888	85.1	0.1	194,925	85.0	0.1	180,344	84.7	0.1
Age	18-44	2,113	80.9	0.9	2,126	80.8	0.9	1,929	81.9	0.9
	45-64	24,379	82.2	0.2	22,764	81.5	0.3	21,004	81.7	0.3
	65 and over	172,179	85.6	0.1	157,696	85.6	0.1	145,581	85.3	0.1
Gender	Male	73,836	83.8	0.1	69,930	83.9	0.1	69,136	83.6	0.1
Gender	Female	89,810	86.0	0.1	85,852	85.6	0.1	85,905	85.6	0.1
Race	White	162,897	85.7	0.1	150,093	85.6	0.1	138,223	85.4	0.1
	Black	7,473	84.3	0.4	6,593	83.9	0.5	5,942	84.3	0.5
	API	1,758	77.4	1.0	1,509	76.5	1.1	1,272	78.8	1.2
	AI/AN	1,401	83.9	1.0	1,268	82.7	1.1	1,080	82.2	1.2
	Other race/multiple races	3,926	81.4	0.6	3,726	82.0	0.6	3,176	82.0	0.7
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	166,330	85.6	0.1	152,785	85.5	0.1	147,276	85.1	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	153,969	85.8	0.1	141,970	85.8	0.1	129,323	85.5	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	6,944	84.3	0.4	6,163	84.2	0.5	5,471	84.5	0.5
	Hispanic, all races	5,392	82.4	0.5	4,810	81.5	0.6	4,716	81.0	0.6
Education	Less than high school	18,737	86.3	0.3	19,624	86.5	0.2	20,489	86.4	0.2
	High school graduate	32,078	86.0	0.2	32,214	85.6	0.2	31,711	85.5	0.2
	At least some college	28,729	83.2	0.2	28,761	83.4	0.2	27,647	82.8	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_28_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_28_1.html