T11_1_29_2

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_29.2
Hospice patients who received the right amount of help for feelings of anxiety or sadness, by State, 2009-2010
	2010			2009
State	Number	Percent	SE^a	Number	Percent	SE^a
Total	94,800	90.5	0.1	87,714	90.6	0.1
Alabama	1,339	92.3	0.7	1,245	93.6	0.7
Alaska	DSU	DSU	DSU	34	94.1	4.1
Arizona	1,304	89.3	0.9	1,225	90.4	0.8
Arkansas	891	92.0	0.9	723	93.5	0.9
California	7,545	88.5	0.4	6,964	88.0	0.4
Colorado	2,048	89.8	0.7	1,941	89.4	0.7
Connecticut	776	90.7	1.0	936	88.4	1.1
Delaware	424	88.9	1.5	438	90.9	1.4
District of Columbia	123	87.8	3.0	110	87.3	3.2
Florida	10,119	89.0	0.3	8,972	90.0	0.3
Georgia	2,285	91.5	0.6	1,995	91.2	0.6
Hawaii	411	84.4	1.8	325	84.0	2.0
Idaho	566	92.9	1.1	530	92.1	1.2
Illinois	3,407	90.0	0.5	2,830	90.3	0.6
Indiana	2,083	92.4	0.6	1,960	91.5	0.6
Iowa	1,818	93.7	0.6	1,706	92.8	0.6
Kansas	728	91.1	1.1	704	93.2	1.0
Kentucky	1,932	91.1	0.7	1,973	92.7	0.6
Louisiana	628	91.7	1.1	377	92.6	1.4
Maine	639	91.1	1.1	467	91.2	1.3
Maryland	1,296	89.6	0.9	1,335	89.5	0.8
Massachusetts	1,747	90.2	0.7	1,660	91.4	0.7
Michigan	3,959	89.4	0.5	3,583	91.3	0.5
Minnesota	2,003	90.9	0.6	1,813	92.4	0.6
Mississippi	1,198	90.8	0.8	217	88.0	2.2
Missouri	1,520	91.2	0.7	1,309	91.4	0.8
Montana	454	94.3	1.1	310	92.3	1.5
Nebraska	676	91.9	1.1	537	91.4	1.2
Nevada	987	88.7	1.0	764	91.1	1.0
New Hampshire	310	94.2	1.3	312	92.3	1.5
New Jersey	2,184	89.2	0.7	1,962	89.9	0.7
New Mexico	616	91.2	1.1	589	90.3	1.2
New York	4,424	88.8	0.5	4,348	88.4	0.5
North Carolina	3,602	93.4	0.4	3,539	92.6	0.4
North Dakota	397	91.7	1.4	390	92.1	1.4
Ohio	7,226	91.0	0.3	7,695	91.5	0.3
Oklahoma	828	91.3	1.0	699	90.6	1.1
Oregon	2,217	90.5	0.6	2,040	90.9	0.6
Pennsylvania	3,879	91.8	0.4	3,261	90.7	0.5
Puerto Rico	DSU	DSU	DSU	37	91.9	4.6
Rhode Island	379	92.9	1.3	373	92.5	1.4
South Carolina	604	93.2	1.0	617	93.7	1.0
South Dakota	358	93.3	1.3	312	91.7	1.6
Tennessee	1,723	92.0	0.7	1,710	91.5	0.7
Texas	5,240	90.6	0.4	4,740	89.7	0.4
Utah	630	93.7	1.0	633	91.0	1.1
Vermont	328	87.5	1.8	429	88.3	1.6
Virginia	1,891	90.2	0.7	1,930	90.2	0.7
Washington	2,282	90.2	0.6	2,035	90.2	0.7
West Virginia	804	93.0	0.9	712	91.7	1.0
Wisconsin	1,921	90.7	0.7	2,362	91.0	0.6
Wyoming	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^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.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: 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_2: 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_2.html