2007 National Healthcare Quality Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 1.144b

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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.