Table T2_12_1_27-2

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_27.2
Hospice patients who received care consistent with their stated end-of-life wishes, by State, 2006–2011
	2011			2010				2009		2008		2007		2006
State	Sample size	Percent	SE^a	Sample size	Percent	SE^a	Sample size	Percent	SE^a	Percent	SE^a	Percent	SE^a	Percent	SE^a
Total	150,309	94.6	0.1	65,809	94.4	0.1	64,107	94.6	0.1	94.2	0.09	94.4	0.1	94.5	0.1
Alabama	2,432	94.6	0.5	289	94.8	1.3	442	92.5	1.3	94.4	1.03	94.0	0.85	95.6	0.9
Alaska	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Arizona	2,370	93.9	0.5	816	93.9	0.8	781	93.3	0.9	93.3	0.85	95.6	0.82	96.0	0.8
Arkansas	1,876	94.2	0.5	1,077	93.2	0.8	765	96.0	0.7	95.4	0.83	96.2	1.19	DSU	DSU
California	8,759	94.3	0.3	4,221	94.3	0.4	4,044	94.2	0.4	94.1	0.41	94.5	0.43	94.2	0.4
Colorado	2,911	94.1	0.4	1,121	93.7	0.7	1,178	93.7	0.7	93.7	0.86	93.4	0.60	92.8	0.7
Connecticut	1,181	93.5	0.7	696	92.4	1.0	689	92.6	1.0	92.5	0.95	93.0	0.92	94.7	0.9
Delaware	478	93.5	1.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
District of Columbia	122	92.6	2.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Florida	15,958	94.7	0.2	2,803	94.7	0.4	2,922	94.7	0.4	94.0	0.43	94.3	0.43	94.3	0.4
Georgia	3,947	94.2	0.4	1,243	94.5	0.7	1,408	95.2	0.6	95.3	0.51	96.7	0.41	95.8	0.5
Hawaii	702	91.6	1.1	226	93.4	1.7	356	89.3	1.6	89.9	1.66	90.3	1.69	91.0	1.7
Idaho	1,209	95.1	0.6	773	95.6	0.7	735	94.0	0.9	94.9	0.83	95.6	0.89	94.3	1.1
Illinois	5,110	95.2	0.3	3,618	94.9	0.4	3,382	95.8	0.4	95.2	0.35	94.5	0.41	94.2	0.5
Indiana	3,526	94.4	0.4	2,557	94.6	0.5	2,686	94.5	0.4	93.9	0.48	94.3	0.55	94.8	0.7
Iowa	3,339	94.6	0.4	2,072	94.3	0.5	1,874	94.5	0.5	94.5	0.50	94.2	0.52	94.2	0.5
Kansas	803	94.5	0.8	561	95.2	0.9	496	94.8	1.0	94.8	1.07	95.3	1.09	95.4	1.1
Kentucky	2,664	95.1	0.4	315	94.6	1.3	339	93.2	1.4	93.6	1.19	93.9	1.48	92.7	1.3
Louisiana	1,328	94.3	0.6	518	94.4	1.0	211	89.6	2.1	95.3	1.46	95.1	1.38	91.5	3.7
Maine	1,334	94.9	0.6	787	93.5	0.9	198	91.9	1.9	96.8	1.29	95.9	1.80	94.2	3.3
Maryland	2,593	94.5	0.5	1,123	94.6	0.7	1,224	94.7	0.6	95.1	0.53	95.8	0.44	94.9	0.5
Massachusetts	2,580	95.9	0.4	687	94.8	0.9	849	93.8	0.8	93.6	0.76	94.1	0.67	95.3	0.6
Michigan	7,431	94.7	0.3	4,167	94.7	0.4	3,281	95.0	0.4	95.1	0.39	94.5	0.42	95.7	0.4
Minnesota	3,805	95.2	0.4	2,708	94.6	0.4	3,010	95.6	0.4	96.1	0.37	95.0	0.47	96.1	0.5
Mississippi	1,926	94.9	0.5	129	93.8	2.1	69	89.9	3.7	97.6	1.69	95.1	2.39	94.5	2.2
Missouri	2,598	95.3	0.4	914	95.0	0.7	1,025	95.2	0.7	94.5	0.63	95.6	0.57	95.6	0.6
Montana	741	93.3	0.9	509	95.3	0.9	395	96.7	0.9	94.2	1.42	94.7	1.11	93.8	1.4
Nebraska	988	94.9	0.7	461	91.5	1.3	439	95.4	1.0	92.9	1.26	96.3	0.95	98.7	0.7
Nevada	1,233	94.8	0.6	347	91.9	1.5	309	94.2	1.3	93.0	1.51	92.1	0.83	90.9	0.9
New Hampshire	564	97.0	0.7	284	94.7	1.3	477	94.6	1.0	96.3	1.14	94.7	1.33	95.5	1.1
New Jersey	3,429	94.0	0.4	1,444	93.6	0.6	1,395	93.8	0.7	95.3	0.94	96.2	0.96	96.3	1.0
New Mexico	939	93.6	0.8	607	91.6	1.1	526	91.8	1.2	94.6	1.46	93.5	1.68	92.6	1.6
New York	6,760	94.4	0.3	3,128	95.1	0.4	2,947	94.2	0.4	94.2	0.47	94.3	0.38	94.2	0.4
North Carolina	6,747	94.6	0.3	3,130	94.9	0.4	3,278	95.0	0.4	93.7	0.43	93.9	0.41	94.4	0.4
North Dakota	728	94.0	0.9	772	94.6	0.8	678	94.7	0.9	91.8	1.04	94.0	0.95	94.8	0.9
Ohio	9,922	94.6	0.2	5,277	94.6	0.3	5,229	94.5	0.3	94.5	0.31	93.8	0.36	94.6	0.3
Oklahoma	927	94.8	0.7	376	94.7	1.2	299	92.3	1.5	94.9	1.14	93.9	1.36	95.1	1.6
Oregon	2,351	94.3	0.5	783	93.1	0.9	1,091	92.0	0.8	94.2	0.71	95.1	0.70	94.5	0.8
Pennsylvania	6,688	95.0	0.3	3,932	94.7	0.4	3,674	95.1	0.4	93.3	0.42	94.5	0.41	95.5	0.4
Puerto Rico	77	100.0	0.0	67	98.5	1.5	63	92.1	3.4	100.0	0.00	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Rhode Island	1,035	95.7	0.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	90.0	4.80	95.5	3.18	94.7	5.3
South Carolina	1,401	95.2	0.6	626	94.6	0.9	451	93.6	1.2	93.0	1.07	93.7	0.89	90.6	1.3
South Dakota	512	94.3	1.0	600	95.5	0.9	506	94.5	1.0	95.0	1.03	95.0	0.99	93.6	1.0
Tennessee	3,305	94.8	0.4	1,232	94.6	0.6	987	95.1	0.7	95.6	0.79	93.9	0.80	95.7	0.8
Texas	7,018	94.7	0.3	1,335	94.7	0.6	1,256	93.8	0.7	94.2	0.75	93.8	0.84	94.6	0.6
Utah	1,146	94.8	0.7	932	95.2	0.7	850	95.5	0.7	92.9	0.89	93.7	0.84	94.9	0.8
Vermont	308	93.8	1.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Virginia	3,202	95.2	0.4	854	95.2	0.7	1,103	95.8	0.6	94.0	0.76	96.3	0.64	94.3	0.9
Washington	4,393	94.9	0.3	2,536	94.5	0.5	2,647	95.5	0.4	93.6	0.50	95.2	0.46	93.3	0.5
West Virginia	976	95.5	0.7	227	93.0	1.7	258	91.5	1.7	93.7	0.97	95.0	0.80	94.7	0.9
Wisconsin	3,874	93.9	0.4	2,904	93.2	0.5	3,261	94.6	0.4	92.8	0.44	92.6	0.46	94.0	0.4
Wyoming	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	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_27-2: 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_27-2.html