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National Healthcare Disparities Report - LDI Health Economist

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Effectiveness of Care<br />

Figure 2.58. Hospice patients age 18 and over whose family caregivers wanted more information about<br />

what to expect while the patient was dying, by race and ethnicity, 2008-2010<br />

25<br />

White<br />

Black<br />

API<br />

AI/AN<br />

25<br />

Non-Hispanic White<br />

Hispanic<br />

20<br />

20<br />

Chapter 2 Supportive and Palliative Care<br />

Percent<br />

15<br />

10<br />

5<br />

0<br />

2009 Achievable Benchmark: 12%<br />

2008<br />

2009<br />

2010<br />

Key: AI/AN = American Indian or Alaska Native; API = Asian or Pacific Islander.<br />

Source: <strong>National</strong> Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, Family Evaluation of Hospice Care, 2008-2010.<br />

Denominator: Adult hospice patients.<br />

Note: For this measure, lower rates are better.<br />

Percent<br />

15<br />

10<br />

5<br />

0<br />

2009 Achievable Benchmark: 12%<br />

2008<br />

2009<br />

2010<br />

n In all years, family caregivers of API and AI/AN hospice patients were more likely than family<br />

caregivers of White patients to want more information about what to expect while the patient was<br />

dying (Figure 2.58). Family caregivers of Hispanic hospice patients were more likely than family<br />

caregivers of non-Hispanic White patients to want more information.<br />

n The 2009 top 5 State achievable benchmark was 12%. xlii Data are insufficient to assess progress<br />

toward this goal.<br />

Also, in the NHQR:<br />

n The percentage of hospice patient family caregivers who reported that they wanted more information<br />

about what to expect while the patient was dying was 15% in 2010.<br />

n Between 2008 and 2010, family caregivers of hospice patients ages 18-44 and 45-64 were more<br />

likely than family caregivers of patients age 65 and over to want more information about dying.<br />

xlii<br />

The top 5 States contributing to the achievable benchmark are Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, and West Virginia.<br />

132 <strong>National</strong> <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> <strong>Disparities</strong> <strong>Report</strong>, 2011

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