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

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Table 1.143a
Percent of hospice patients who received the right amount of medicine for pain management, United States, 2005 and 2006

Population group		2006		2005
Population group		Total responses	Percent	Standard error	Total responses	Percent
Total		111,314	94.2	0.1	96,887	94.1
Age	18-44	6,456	92.2	0.3	6,548	91.7
	45-64	32,596	93.8	0.1	30,437	93.8
	65 and over	24,792	95.0	0.1	23,408	95.1
Race	American Indian/Alaska Native	438	89.5	1.5	472	91.7
	Asian/Pacific Islander	546	88.5	1.4	488	85.5
	Black	2,241	92.4	0.6	2,136	91.0
	White	59,601	94.4	0.1	56,673	94.3
	Other race/multiple races	1,057	90.5	0.9	970	92.7
Ethnicity	Hispanic	1,747	91.1	0.7	1,613	92.4
	Non-Hispanic, all races	61,301	94.2	0.1	58,001	94.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	57,508	94.4	0.1	54,450	94.3
	Non-Hispanic, Black	2,136	92.3	0.6	2,015	91.1
Gender	Male	18,208	94.9	0.2	17,033	94.8
Gender	Female	46,893	93.8	0.1	44,785	93.7
Education	Less than high school	4,930	93.4	0.4	5,140	94.0
	High school graduate	20,724	94.8	0.2	19,914	94.4
	At least some college	37,218	93.8	0.1	34,621	93.8

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