2007 National Healthcare Quality Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 1.143b

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Table 1.143b
Percent of hospice patients who received the right amount of medicine for pain management, by State, 2006

State	Number of providers	Percent	Standard error
Total	111,314	94.2	0.1
Alabama	1,101	95.6	0.6
Alaska	94	91.5	2.9
Arizona	2,023	93.8	0.5
Arkansas	680	94.7	0.9
California	8,090	93.0	0.3
Colorado	3,063	92.8	0.5
Connecticut	751	94.1	0.9
Delaware	578	94.3	1.0
District of Columbia	DSU	DSU	DSU
Florida	10,409	94.4	0.2
Georgia	2,872	94.3	0.4
Hawaii	228	91.7	1.8
Idaho	493	93.9	1.1
Illinois	4,526	94.1	0.4
Indiana	2,018	94.8	0.5
Iowa	2,887	95.3	0.4
Kansas	929	96.0	0.6
Kentucky	3,558	95.2	0.4
Louisiana	446	95.1	1.0
Maine	505	94.3	1.0
Maryland	1,838	94.4	0.5
Massachusetts	2,266	94.1	0.5
Michigan	5,630	93.8	0.3
Minnesota	1,699	94.8	0.5
Mississippi	245	91.0	1.8
Missouri	2,063	94.2	0.5
Montana	378	95.5	1.1
Nebraska	584	94.9	0.9
Nevada	1,309	94.6	0.6
New Hampshire	346	94.8	1.2
New Jersey	1,812	92.3	0.6
New Mexico	765	93.6	0.9
New York	5,935	93.7	0.3
North Carolina	4,085	95.2	0.3
North Dakota	557	95.7	0.9
Ohio	8,700	95.0	0.2
Oklahoma	717	94.8	0.8
Oregon	1,789	93.1	0.6
Pennsylvania	4,144	95.2	0.3
Puerto Rico	85	98.8	1.2
Rhode Island	470	95.3	1.0
South Carolina	833	95.2	0.7
South Dakota	539	93.9	1.0
Tennessee	2,357	94.5	0.5
Texas	6,225	94.6	0.3
Utah	845	93.3	0.9
Vermont	472	92.8	1.2
Virginia	2,745	93.3	0.5
Washington	2,541	93.1	0.5
West Virginia	1,190	96.4	0.5
Wisconsin	2,888	93.7	0.5
Wyoming	DSU	DSU	DSU

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

Source: National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, Family Evaluation of Hospice Care survey data.