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2011 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports
Data Tables Appendix

Table 11_1_24.1
Hospice patients who received the right amount of medicine for pain, United States, 2008-2010
    2010 2009 2008
Population group Sample size Percent SEa Sample size Percent SEa Sample size Percent SEa
Total   178,067 94.6 0.1 164,348 94.7 0.1 152,409 94.5 0.1
Age 18-44 1,953 92.2 0.6 1,964 92.6 0.6 1,827 91.1 0.7
45-64 22,494 93.0 0.2 21,034 93.2 0.2 19,427 93.1 0.2
65 and over 142,206 95.0 0.1 130,457 95.0 0.1 120,761 94.9 0.1
Gender Male 61,561 94.4 0.1 58,583 94.6 0.1 58,014 94.4 0.1
Female 75,828 94.8 0.1 72,470 94.7 0.1 72,755 94.6 0.1
Race White 137,260 95.0 0.1 126,483 95.0 0.1 116,666 94.9 0.1
Black 6,190 93.6 0.3 5,556 93.4 0.3 5,012 93.4 0.4
API 1,433 90.9 0.8 1,213 91.3 0.8 1,035 90.4 0.9
AI/AN 1,215 93.7 0.7 1,096 93.3 0.8 929 92.8 0.9
Other race/multiple races 3,334 92.5 0.5 3,161 93.4 0.4 2,718 94.3 0.5
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 140,384 94.9 0.1 128,876 94.9 0.1 124,222 94.7 0.1
  Non-Hispanic, White 130,033 95.0 0.1 119,754 95.0 0.1 109,229 94.9 0.1
  Non-Hispanic, Black 5,778 93.7 0.3 5,201 93.4 0.4 4,618 93.3 0.4
Hispanic, all races 4,603 94.0 0.4 4,067 93.6 0.4 4,000 94.1 0.4
Education Less than high school 15,775 94.8 0.2 16,578 95.0 0.2 17,291 94.8 0.2
High school graduate 27,204 94.8 0.1 27,404 94.9 0.1 27,043 94.6 0.1
At least some college 24,185 94.1 0.2 24,269 94.1 0.2 23,448 93.9 0.2

a. Standard errors (SE) were estimated using the SAS 9.2.2 means procedure. Standard errors estimated in this table should be interpreted with caution as data may violate assumption of normality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; API: Asian or Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

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

 
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