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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_29.1
Hospice patients who received the right amount of help for feelings of anxiety or sadness, United States, 2008-2010
		2010			2009			2008
Population group		Number	Percent	SE	Number	Percent	SE	Number	Percent	SE
Total		94,800	90.5	0.1	87,714	90.6	0.1	82,470	90.3	0.1
Age	18-44	1,196	88.2	0.9	1,202	87.1	1.0	1,115	85.3	1.1
	45-64	13,529	88.7	0.3	12,716	89.2	0.3	11,964	88.8	0.3
	65 and over	73,782	90.9	0.1	67,903	90.9	0.1	63,831	90.6	0.1
Gender	Male	33,865	90.2	0.2	32,297	90.4	0.2	32,413	90.0	0.2
Gender	Female	39,615	90.8	0.1	38,145	90.7	0.2	38,534	90.5	0.2
Race	White	73,882	91.3	0.1	68,498	91.5	0.1	63,993	91.1	0.1
	Black	2,749	85.8	0.7	2,518	85.1	0.7	2,352	86.1	0.7
	API	698	79.4	1.5	644	79.5	1.6	512	81.1	1.7
	AI/AN	669	86.4	1.3	591	88.5	1.3	559	85.0	1.5
	Other race/multiple races	1,878	87.5	0.8	1,799	87.7	0.8	1,568	86.7	0.9
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	75,097	91.0	0.1	69,343	91.2	0.1	67,447	90.7	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	70,168	91.3	0.1	64,922	91.6	0.1	60,070	91.2	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	2,560	85.9	0.7	2,350	85.5	0.7	2,175	86.0	0.7
	Hispanic, all races	2,615	86.8	0.7	2,327	85.7	0.7	2,269	85.3	0.7
Education	Less than high school	8,676	91.6	0.3	9,050	91.5	0.3	9,593	91.2	0.3
	High school graduate	15,299	92.0	0.2	15,217	92.0	0.2	15,370	91.6	0.2
	At least some college	14,176	91.0	0.2	14,286	90.6	0.2	13,798	90.5	0.3

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_29_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_29_1.html