AMERICA′S CARE OF SERIOUS ILLNESS:
A State-by-State Report Card on Access to Palliative Care
in Our Nation′s Hospitals

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Journal of Palliative Medicine

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Data Tables

By Hospital Group:

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Mid-size and Large Hospitals with a Palliative Care Program

Vermont	100%	(5/5)
Montana	88%	(7/8)
New Hampshire	85%	(11/13)
District of Columbia	80%	(4/5)
South Dakota	78%	(7/9)
Minnesota	75%	(27/36)
Missouri	73%	(49/67)
Oregon	72%	(18/25)
New Jersey	72%	(41/57)
Iowa	70%	(23/33)
Maine	69%	(11/16)
North Carolina	69%	(55/80)
Michigan	69%	(57/83)
Ohio	68%	(75/110)
Colorado	67%	(18/27)
Maryland	67%	(28/42)
North Dakota	67%	(6/9)
West Virginia	67%	(20/30)
Washington	65%	(22/34)
Wisconsin	64%	(37/58)
Virginia	63%	(34/54)
Kansas	61%	(20/33)
Alaska	60%	(3/5)
Delaware	60%	(3/5)
Rhode Island	60%	(6/10)
Illinois	58%	(58/100)
New York	58%	(70/121)
California	56%	(127/225)
Utah	56%	(9/16)
Idaho	56%	(5/9)
Nebraska	56%	(10/18)
Pennsylvania	54%	(67/123)
Connecticut	54%	(14/26)
Indiana	54%	(29/54)
Arizona	50%	(18/36)
Massachusetts	50%	(28/56)
Florida	49%	(56/115)
Hawaii	45%	(5/11)
Tennessee	45%	(24/53)
Arkansas	41%	(17/41)
Georgia	38%	(28/74)
Kentucky	37%	(20/54)
New Mexico	33%	(5/15)
Texas	33%	(66/203)
South Carolina	30%	(13/44)
Louisiana	27%	(13/48)
Wyoming	25%	(2/8)
Nevada	23%	(3/13)
Oklahoma	19%	(8/43)
Alabama	16%	(7/44)
Mississippi	10%	(5/48)

For-profit Hospitals with a Palliative Care Program

Alaska	100%	(1/1)
Maryland	100%	(1/1)
Ohio	100%	(3/3)
South Dakota	100%	(1/1)
Colorado	83%	(5/6)
Washington	67%	(2/3)
Indiana	55%	(6/11)
North Carolina	50%	(3/6)
New Hampshire	50%	(1/2)
Virginia	50%	(5/10)
Wisconsin	50%	(1/2)
West Virginia	50%	(3/6)
Missouri	33%	(4/12)
Florida	29%	(13/45)
Tennessee	24%	(4/17)
Arkansas	21%	(3/14)
Massachusetts	20%	(1/5)
Louisiana	15%	(2/13)
California	15%	(6/40)
Kansas	14%	(1/7)
Oklahoma	14%	(2/14)
Utah	14%	(1/7)
Texas	14%	(12/85)
Kentucky	13%	(1/8)
South Carolina	13%	(2/16)
Alabama	0%	(0/13)
Arizona	0%	(0/6)
Georgia	0%	(0/15)
Idaho	0%	(0/1)
Illinois	0%	(0/2)
Mississippi	0%	(0/17)
Nebraska	0%	(0/1)
New Mexico	0%	(0/5)
Nevada	0%	(0/6)
Oregon	0%	(0/2)
Pennsylvania	0%	(0/9)
Wyoming	0%	(0/1)
Connecticut	N/A
District of Columbia	N/A
Delaware	N/A
Hawaii	N/A
Iowa	N/A
Maine	N/A
Michigan	N/A
Minnesota	N/A
Montana	N/A
North Dakota	N/A
New Jersey	N/A
New York	N/A
Rhode Island	N/A
Vermont	N/A

Non-profit Hospitals with a Palliative Care Program

Idaho	100%	(2/2)
Vermont	100%	(5/5)
New Hampshire	90%	(9/10)
Utah	88%	(7/8)
Minnesota	86%	(24/28)
Missouri	83%	(34/41)
Montana	83%	(5/6)
North Dakota	83%	(5/6)
Colorado	82%	(9/11)
District of Columbia	80%	(4/5)
New Jersey	76%	(37/49)
South Dakota	75%	(3/4)
Washington	75%	(9/12)
North Carolina	73%	(35/48)
West Virginia	71%	(15/21)
Michigan	70%	(37/53)
California	69%	(79/114)
Maine	69%	(9/13)
Florida	68%	(28/41)
Rhode Island	67%	(6/9)
Maryland	65%	(22/34)
Oregon	64%	(9/14)
Virginia	64%	(25/39)
Iowa	63%	(10/16)
Wisconsin	63%	(22/35)
Illinois	61%	(38/62)
Tennessee	61%	(14/23)
Delaware	60%	(3/5)
Ohio	60%	(43/72)
New York	59%	(60/101)
Pennsylvania	58%	(62/106)
Massachusetts	56%	(24/43)
Arizona	52%	(12/23)
Connecticut	52%	(11/21)
Alaska	50%	(1/2)
Hawaii	50%	(3/6)
Indiana	50%	(8/16)
Kansas	50%	(5/10)
New Mexico	50%	(4/8)
South Carolina	50%	(8/16)
Texas	48%	(29/61)
Georgia	47%	(16/34)
Nebraska	44%	(4/9)
Kentucky	40%	(12/30)
Nevada	40%	(2/5)
Arkansas	35%	(6/17)
Mississippi	23%	(3/13)
Alabama	22%	(2/9)
Louisiana	22%	(2/9)
Oklahoma	13%	(2/16)
Wyoming	0%	(0/1)

Public Hospitals with a Palliative Care Program

New Jersey	100%	(1/1)
Oregon	100%	(2/2)
Utah	100%	(1/1)
Missouri	75%	(9/12)
Idaho	67%	(2/3)
Massachusetts	67%	(2/3)
Ohio	67%	(8/12)
Virginia	67%	(2/3)
North Carolina	65%	(17/26)
Florida	65%	(13/20)
Iowa	60%	(3/5)
California	56%	(19/34)
Arkansas	50%	(2/4)
Arizona	50%	(1/2)
Hawaii	50%	(1/2)
Minnesota	50%	(3/6)
Nebraska	50%	(1/2)
New Mexico	50%	(1/2)
West Virginia	50%	(1/2)
Indiana	47%	(9/19)
Kansas	43%	(3/7)
Georgia	42%	(8/19)
Colorado	33%	(1/3)
Wyoming	33%	(2/6)
Washington	30%	(3/10)
Texas	29%	(9/31)
Illinois	29%	(2/7)
South Carolina	27%	(3/11)
New York	25%	(2/8)
Tennessee	25%	(2/8)
Louisiana	21%	(4/19)
Alabama	20%	(4/20)
Kentucky	17%	(1/6)
Michigan	13%	(1/8)
Mississippi	6%	(1/17)
Alaska	0%	(0/1)
Connecticut	0%	(0/1)
Nevada	0%	(0/1)
Oklahoma	0%	(0/8)
District of Columbia	N/A
Delaware	N/A
Maryland	N/A
Maine	N/A
Montana	N/A
North Dakota	N/A
New Hampshire	N/A
Pennsylvania	N/A
Rhode Island	N/A
South Dakota	N/A
Vermont	N/A
Wisconsin	N/A

Sole Community Provider Hospitals with a Palliative Care Program

New Hampshire	100%	(1/1)
Ohio	100%	(1/1)
Vermont	71%	(5/7)
Tennessee	67%	(2/3)
Florida	60%	(3/5)
Maine	60%	(6/10)
South Dakota	55%	(6/11)
Alaska	50%	(4/8)
Arizona	50%	(5/10)
Massachusetts	50%	(1/2)
Minnesota	50%	(4/8)
New York	50%	(7/14)
Wisconsin	50%	(6/12)
Iowa	45%	(5/11)
North Dakota	44%	(4/9)
Oregon	43%	(6/14)
Virginia	42%	(5/12)
Missouri	41%	(11/27)
Nebraska	38%	(3/8)
California	37%	(10/27)
Hawaii	33%	(1/3)
South Carolina	33%	(3/9)
Montana	32%	(7/22)
Michigan	32%	(6/19)
West Virginia	31%	(4/13)
North Carolina	30%	(3/10)
Kansas	29%	(9/31)
Arkansas	26%	(5/19)
Connecticut	25%	(1/4)
Washington	25%	(2/8)
Colorado	22%	(4/18)
Pennsylvania	22%	(2/9)
Utah	21%	(3/14)
Wyoming	18%	(4/22)
Georgia	14%	(1/7)
Illinois	13%	(1/8)
Kentucky	13%	(1/8)
New Mexico	13%	(2/16)
Texas	7%	(4/56)
Mississippi	6%	(1/16)
Oklahoma	4%	(1/25)
Alabama	0%	(0/5)
Idaho	0%	(0/3)
Indiana	0%	(0/1)
Louisiana	0%	(0/4)
Nevada	0%	(0/4)
District of Columbia	N/A
Delaware	N/A
Maryland	N/A
New Jersey	N/A
Rhode Island	N/A

Large Hospitals with a Palliative Care Program

Alaska	100%	(1/1)
District of Columbia	100%	(2/2)
Delaware	100%	(2/2)
Hawaii	100%	(1/1)
Iowa	100%	(5/5)
Idaho	100%	(2/2)
Kansas	100%	(5/5)
Maine	100%	(2/2)
Minnesota	100%	(7/7)
Montana	100%	(1/1)
North Dakota	100%	(1/1)
New Hampshire	100%	(1/1)
New Mexico	100%	(2/2)
Oregon	100%	(6/6)
Rhode Island	100%	(2/2)
Utah	100%	(3/3)
Vermont	100%	(1/1)
Washington	100%	(9/9)
Wisconsin	100%	(8/8)
West Virginia	100%	(4/4)
Michigan	89%	(25/28)
Colorado	89%	(8/9)
New Jersey	88%	(23/26)
Missouri	88%	(15/17)
Ohio	86%	(25/29)
North Carolina	85%	(17/20)
Illinois	84%	(21/25)
Maryland	80%	(8/10)
Georgia	80%	(16/20)
Pennsylvania	77%	(24/31)
Arizona	77%	(10/13)
New York	77%	(30/39)
Virginia	77%	(10/13)
Connecticut	75%	(6/8)
Tennessee	75%	(12/16)
California	74%	(42/57)
Massachusetts	73%	(11/15)
Kentucky	69%	(9/13)
Arkansas	67%	(4/6)
Nebraska	67%	(2/3)
South Dakota	67%	(2/3)
Florida	64%	(30/47)
Indiana	64%	(7/11)
Texas	60%	(32/53)
Oklahoma	55%	(6/11)
Louisiana	50%	(4/8)
South Carolina	50%	(5/10)
Alabama	29%	(2/7)
Mississippi	10%	(1/10)
Nevada	0%	(0/3)
Wyoming	N/A

Mid-size Hospitals with a Palliative Care Program

Vermont	100%	(4/4)
Montana	86%	(6/7)
New Hampshire	83%	(10/12)
South Dakota	83%	(5/6)
Minnesota	69%	(20/29)
Missouri	68%	(34/50)
District of Columbia	67%	(2/3)
Iowa	64%	(18/28)
Maine	64%	(9/14)
Maryland	63%	(20/32)
North Carolina	63%	(38/60)
North Dakota	63%	(5/8)
Oregon	63%	(12/19)
Ohio	62%	(50/81)
West Virginia	62%	(16/26)
Virginia	59%	(24/41)
Michigan	58%	(32/55)
New Jersey	58%	(18/31)
Wisconsin	58%	(29/50)
Colorado	56%	(10/18)
Kansas	54%	(15/28)
Nebraska	53%	(8/15)
Washington	52%	(13/25)
California	51%	(85/168)
Indiana	51%	(22/43)
Alaska	50%	(2/4)
Rhode Island	50%	(4/8)
Illinois	49%	(37/75)
New York	49%	(40/82)
Pennsylvania	47%	(43/92)
Utah	46%	(6/13)
Connecticut	44%	(8/18)
Idaho	43%	(3/7)
Massachusetts	41%	(17/41)
Hawaii	40%	(4/10)
Florida	38%	(26/68)
Arkansas	37%	(13/35)
Arizona	35%	(8/23)
Delaware	33%	(1/3)
Tennessee	32%	(12/37)
Nevada	30%	(3/10)
Kentucky	27%	(11/41)
Wyoming	25%	(2/8)
South Carolina	24%	(8/34)
Louisiana	23%	(9/40)
New Mexico	23%	(3/13)
Texas	23%	(34/150)
Georgia	22%	(12/54)
Alabama	14%	(5/37)
Mississippi	11%	(4/38)
Oklahoma	6%	(2/32)

Small Hospitals with a Palliative Care Program

Vermont	78%	(7/9)
Maine	63%	(12/19)
New Hampshire	46%	(6/13)
Alaska	38%	(3/8)
New York	38%	(5/13)
Wisconsin	38%	(25/65)
Michigan	35%	(14/40)
Massachusetts	33%	(3/9)
Virginia	33%	(3/9)
Florida	31%	(4/13)
Minnesota	31%	(19/62)
Tennessee	31%	(9/29)
Iowa	30%	(25/84)
Oregon	28%	(9/32)
Hawaii	25%	(1/4)
California	24%	(10/42)
Ohio	24%	(8/34)
North Dakota	22%	(6/27)
West Virginia	22%	(5/23)
Indiana	21%	(8/38)
North Carolina	21%	(5/24)
Utah	21%	(3/14)
Arizona	20%	(1/5)
Idaho	19%	(4/21)
Montana	19%	(8/42)
Nebraska	18%	(9/50)
Washington	18%	(5/28)
Arkansas	17%	(6/35)
Georgia	17%	(5/29)
Kentucky	17%	(5/30)
South Dakota	17%	(7/41)
Pennsylvania	16%	(3/19)
Kansas	14%	(13/96)
Missouri	14%	(6/44)
Wyoming	12%	(2/17)
Colorado	11%	(3/27)
Illinois	10%	(5/51)
Texas	10%	(16/159)
Alabama	9%	(1/11)
Oklahoma	7%	(4/55)
South Carolina	7%	(1/15)
Mississippi	5%	(2/44)
Louisiana	0%	(0/21)
Maryland	0%	(0/4)
New Mexico	0%	(0/10)
Nevada	0%	(0/5)
Connecticut	N/A
District of Columbia	N/A
Delaware	N/A
New Jersey	N/A
Rhode Island	N/A

The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) provides health care professionals with the tools, training and technical assistance necessary to start and sustain successful palliative care programs in hospitals and other health care settings. Located at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, CAPC is a national organization dedicated to increasing the availability of quality palliative care services for people facing serious, complex illness.

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