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.