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

To learn more about palliative care, visit:

www.getpalliativecare.org

To read the study, visit:

Journal of Palliative Medicine

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How Does Your State Rate?

Percentage of large hospitals with a palliative care program (300+ beds)

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National Rankings

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

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United States

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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