Table T2_12_1_25-2

2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

This appendix provides detailed data tables for all measures analyzed for the 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Tables are included for measures discussed in the main text of the reports as well as for other measures that were examined but not included in the main text.

Table 2_12_1_25.2
Hospice patients who received the right amount of help for feelings of anxiety or sadness, by State, 2009–2011
	2011			2010			2009
State	Sample size	Percent	SE^a	Sample size	Percent	SE^a	Sample size	Percent	SE^a
Total	91,995	90.2	0.1	94,800	90.5	0.1	87,714	90.6	0.1
Alabama	1,826	91.6	0.7	1,339	92.3	0.7	1,245	93.6	0.7
Alaska	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	34	94.1	4.1
Arizona	1,257	89.8	0.9	1,304	89.3	0.9	1,225	90.4	0.8
Arkansas	933	92.8	0.9	891	92.0	0.9	723	93.5	0.9
California	7,413	88.6	0.4	7,545	88.5	0.4	6,964	88.0	0.4
Colorado	2,072	89.1	0.7	2,048	89.8	0.7	1,941	89.4	0.7
Connecticut	841	90.6	1.0	776	90.7	1.0	936	88.4	1.1
Delaware	359	90.5	1.6	424	88.9	1.5	438	90.9	1.4
District of Columbia	92	82.6	4.0	123	87.8	3.0	110	87.3	3.2
Florida	9,731	89.0	0.3	10,119	89.0	0.3	8,972	90.0	0.3
Georgia	2,174	90.2	0.6	2,285	91.5	0.6	1,995	91.2	0.6
Hawaii	365	84.4	1.9	411	84.4	1.8	325	84.0	2.0
Idaho	650	92.2	1.1	566	92.9	1.1	530	92.1	1.2
Illinois	3,305	89.1	0.5	3,407	90.0	0.5	2,830	90.3	0.6
Indiana	1,935	92.7	0.6	2,083	92.4	0.6	1,960	91.5	0.6
Iowa	1,713	93.2	0.6	1,818	93.7	0.6	1,706	92.8	0.6
Kansas	690	93.5	0.9	728	91.1	1.1	704	93.2	1.0
Kentucky	1,770	90.2	0.7	1,932	91.1	0.7	1,973	92.7	0.6
Louisiana	791	89.8	1.1	628	91.7	1.1	377	92.6	1.4
Maine	766	93.2	0.9	639	91.1	1.1	467	91.2	1.3
Maryland	1,538	89.6	0.8	1,296	89.6	0.9	1,335	89.5	0.8
Massachusetts	2,032	89.9	0.7	1,747	90.2	0.7	1,660	91.4	0.7
Michigan	3,625	90.7	0.5	3,959	89.4	0.5	3,583	91.3	0.5
Minnesota	2,327	90.2	0.6	2,003	90.9	0.6	1,813	92.4	0.6
Mississippi	1,206	88.9	0.9	1,198	90.8	0.8	217	88.0	2.2
Missouri	1,763	91.3	0.7	1,520	91.2	0.7	1,309	91.4	0.8
Montana	399	93.7	1.2	454	94.3	1.1	310	92.3	1.5
Nebraska	544	89.0	1.3	676	91.9	1.1	537	91.4	1.2
Nevada	713	86.5	1.3	987	88.7	1.0	764	91.1	1.0
New Hampshire	346	91.9	1.5	310	94.2	1.3	312	92.3	1.5
New Jersey	1,939	89.2	0.7	2,184	89.2	0.7	1,962	89.9	0.7
New Mexico	561	88.6	1.3	616	91.2	1.1	589	90.3	1.2
New York	4,546	88.6	0.5	4,424	88.8	0.5	4,348	88.4	0.5
North Carolina	3,596	92.4	0.4	3,602	93.4	0.4	3,539	92.6	0.4
North Dakota	357	89.1	1.7	397	91.7	1.4	390	92.1	1.4
Ohio	5,256	91.3	0.4	7,226	91.0	0.3	7,695	91.5	0.3
Oklahoma	638	92.2	1.1	828	91.3	1.0	699	90.6	1.1
Oregon	1,943	90.2	0.7	2,217	90.5	0.6	2,040	90.9	0.6
Pennsylvania	3,837	91.7	0.4	3,879	91.8	0.4	3,261	90.7	0.5
Puerto Rico	71	94.4	2.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	37	91.9	4.6
Rhode Island	479	90.8	1.3	379	92.9	1.3	373	92.5	1.4
South Carolina	722	92.2	1.0	604	93.2	1.0	617	93.7	1.0
South Dakota	319	90.6	1.6	358	93.3	1.3	312	91.7	1.6
Tennessee	1,971	91.1	0.6	1,723	92.0	0.7	1,710	91.5	0.7
Texas	4,516	89.8	0.5	5,240	90.6	0.4	4,740	89.7	0.4
Utah	635	91.0	1.1	630	93.7	1.0	633	91.0	1.1
Vermont	231	92.2	1.8	328	87.5	1.8	429	88.3	1.6
Virginia	2,041	90.1	0.7	1,891	90.2	0.7	1,930	90.2	0.7
Washington	2,419	89.5	0.6	2,282	90.2	0.6	2,035	90.2	0.7
West Virginia	568	90.3	1.2	804	93.0	0.9	712	91.7	1.0
Wisconsin	2,125	91.3	0.6	1,921	90.7	0.7	2,362	91.0	0.6
Wyoming	40	80.0	6.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^a Standard errors were estimated using the SAS 9.2.2 means procedure and 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 June 2013

Internet Citation: Table T2_12_1_25-2: 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. June 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr12/12_supportive_palliative_care/T2_12_1_25-2.html