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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2010 May;39(5):803–819. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.09.025

Table 7.

Percent of Patients Receiving Additional Pain Practices

Additional Pain Practice Indicators: Overall Small Hospice Medium Hospice Large Hospice
Abbreviated Description na Mean % na Mean % na Mean % na Mean %
1. Comfort-function goal established 353 22.7 39 10.3 178 15.7 136 35.3
2. Reassessment- primary 185 18.4 21 0.0 95 12.7 69 31.9
3. Increase in pain medications for consecutive reports of pain behaviors 16 18.8 1 0.0 8 15.6 7 0.25
4. No non-recommended opioid orders 345 97.1 35 97.1 173 96.5 137 97.8
5. Identified side effects receiving recommended treatment 206 0.0 21 0.0 106 0.0 79 0.0
6. Instruction on use of a pain diary 364 5.5 40 12.5 184 8.2 140 0.0
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n= the number of patients who were eligible to receive this practice based on their status.