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 sole community provider hospitals with a palliative care program (50+ beds)

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National Rankings

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

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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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