Table 1.144b Percent of hospice patients who received care consistent with patient's wishes, by State, 2006 |
State |
Number of providers |
Percent |
Standard error |
Total |
56,240 |
94.5 |
0.1 |
Alabama |
550 |
95.6 |
0.9 |
Arizona |
592 |
96.0 |
0.8 |
California |
2,789 |
94.2 |
0.4 |
Colorado |
1,462 |
92.8 |
0.7 |
Connecticut |
654 |
94.7 |
0.9 |
Florida |
2,964 |
94.3 |
0.4 |
Georgia |
1,778 |
95.8 |
0.5 |
Hawaii |
277 |
91.0 |
1.7 |
Idaho |
491 |
94.3 |
1.1 |
Illinois |
2,582 |
94.2 |
0.5 |
Indiana |
1,031 |
94.8 |
0.7 |
Iowa |
2,284 |
94.2 |
0.5 |
Kansas |
347 |
95.4 |
1.1 |
Kentucky |
426 |
92.7 |
1.3 |
Louisiana |
59 |
91.5 |
3.7 |
Maine |
52 |
94.2 |
3.3 |
Maryland |
1,677 |
94.9 |
0.5 |
Massachusetts |
1,467 |
95.3 |
0.6 |
Michigan |
2,623 |
95.7 |
0.4 |
Minnesota |
1,565 |
96.1 |
0.5 |
Mississippi |
109 |
94.5 |
2.2 |
Missouri |
1,416 |
95.6 |
0.6 |
Montana |
292 |
93.8 |
1.4 |
Nebraska |
232 |
98.7 |
0.7 |
Nevada |
989 |
90.9 |
0.9 |
New Hampshire |
397 |
95.5 |
1.1 |
New Jersey |
373 |
96.3 |
1.0 |
New Mexico |
256 |
92.6 |
1.6 |
New York |
3,912 |
94.2 |
0.4 |
North Carolina |
3,522 |
94.4 |
0.4 |
North Dakota |
577 |
94.8 |
0.9 |
Ohio |
4,458 |
94.6 |
0.3 |
Oklahoma |
182 |
95.1 |
1.6 |
Oregon |
800 |
94.5 |
0.8 |
Pennsylvania |
2,921 |
95.5 |
0.4 |
Rhode Island |
19 |
94.7 |
5.3 |
South Carolina |
476 |
90.6 |
1.3 |
South Dakota |
558 |
93.6 |
1.0 |
Tennessee |
695 |
95.7 |
0.8 |
Texas |
1,254 |
94.6 |
0.6 |
Utah |
690 |
94.9 |
0.8 |
Virginia |
718 |
94.3 |
0.9 |
Washington |
2,165 |
93.3 |
0.5 |
West Virginia |
680 |
94.7 |
0.9 |
Wisconsin |
2,879 |
94.0 |
0.4 |
Source: National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, Family Evaluation of Hospice Care survey data. This survey is completely voluntary, so data for some States may not be available.