Table 1. Growth in Nursing Home (NH) Hospice Use (1999-2006) and in NH Hospice Use in 2006 across 50 U.S. States and District of Columbia.
| Nursing Home Decedents in 2006 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent Growth in Hospice Providers | Percent Growth in Rates of Hospice Use by NH Decedents | Percent of Hospice Care Provided in NHs | Percent Hospice Use | Days of Hospice Stay Among Decedents with Hospice | |||
| State | 1999-2006 | 1999-2006 | 2006 | 2006 | Mean Days of Stay | Proportion ≥ 7 Days, % | Proportion ≥ 181 Days, % |
| United States | 49.6 | 137.1 | 25.0 | 33.1 | 93.2 | 30.6 | 15.6 |
| AK* | -- | -- | 2 | 2.3 | 44.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| AL | 137.2 | 161.1 | 16.9 | 34.2 | 152.6 | 20.9 | 27.0 |
| AR | 10.8 | 179.1 | 22.3 | 26.6 | 109.0 | 31.7 | 17.5 |
| AZ | 56.3 | 70.2 | 14.1 | 43.5 | 109.8 | 29.9 | 19.5 |
| CA | 24.2 | 98.7 | 18.4 | 27.7 | 79.4 | 34.7 | 12.4 |
| CO | 32.3 | 47.2 | 28.7 | 45.5 | 86.2 | 33.2 | 15.0 |
| CT | 21.7 | 234.6 | 33.3 | 28.2 | 45.2 | 39.3 | 6.3 |
| DC | 50.0 | 195.8 | 14 | 18.6 | 70.5 | 23.4 | 12.8 |
| DE | 40.0 | 117.0 | 28.8 | 46.8 | 83.9 | 34.3 | 13.4 |
| FL | 7.9 | 98.6 | 21.1 | 41.5 | 126.1 | 27.6 | 21.0 |
| GA | 92.0 | 104.2 | 19.7 | 35.2 | 112.8 | 26.2 | 18.9 |
| HI | 66.7 | 497.2 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 62.2 | 31.7 | 12.5 |
| IA | 18.6 | 195.2 | 46.8 | 50.0 | 71.5 | 33.1 | 11.8 |
| ID | 93.8 | 146.8 | 15.9 | 17.1 | 94.8 | 26.1 | 17.3 |
| IL | 20.5 | 97.0 | 29.6 | 36.6 | 78.4 | 32.3 | 12.6 |
| IN | 53.1 | 217.0 | 32.6 | 33.0 | 103.9 | 28.5 | 17.9 |
| KS | 60.6 | 176.2 | 32.6 | 47.8 | 92.3 | 28.8 | 16.1 |
| KY | 9.5 | 100.2 | 22.7 | 23.6 | 88.9 | 31.1 | 15.0 |
| LA | 206.7 | 315.4 | 27.2 | 41.9 | 99.0 | 25.2 | 16.5 |
| MA | 39.5 | 246.3 | 38.1 | 31.6 | 70.3 | 33.8 | 11.6 |
| MD | 8.0 | 146.5 | 23.4 | 23.3 | 64.6 | 34.6 | 10.3 |
| ME | 45.5 | 786.9 | 30.4 | 23.8 | 81.0 | 30.7 | 14.2 |
| MI | 29.4 | 115.6 | 21.4 | 34.6 | 88.3 | 31.1 | 14.5 |
| MN | 3.6 | 107.4 | 33.9 | 30.0 | 71.5 | 31.2 | 12.1 |
| MO | 40.9 | 154.1 | 39.5 | 42.1 | 98.4 | 27.9 | 17.4 |
| MS | 252.6 | 621.8 | 11.8 | 24.6 | 147.5 | 21.1 | 25.7 |
| MT | 71.4 | 185.4 | 21.6 | 21.3 | 78.4 | 33.0 | 13.7 |
| NC | 33.9 | 281.0 | 19.6 | 26.5 | 96.9 | 27.4 | 16.7 |
| ND | 7.7 | 85.2 | 54.8 | 24.0 | 88.5 | 29.1 | 14.9 |
| NE | 32.0 | 128.3 | 45.4 | 38.1 | 69.8 | 36.0 | 11.5 |
| NH | 0.0 | 227.0 | 32.2 | 33.7 | 63.8 | 34.3 | 10.4 |
| NJ | 42.9 | 208.1 | 29.9 | 34.2 | 70.3 | 34.1 | 11.6 |
| NM | 190.9 | 125.7 | 18.1 | 37.3 | 141.3 | 26.7 | 22.5 |
| NV | 57.1 | 92.3 | 15.9 | 33.6 | 105.7 | 32.1 | 17.1 |
| NY | (2.0) | 106.6 | 20 | 17.1 | 77.6 | 29.3 | 13.2 |
| OH | 16.5 | 97.9 | 35.1 | 39.8 | 87.3 | 34.0 | 14.4 |
| OK | 108.8 | 119.2 | 34.5 | 56.6 | 188.4 | 19.3 | 31.2 |
| OR | 18.9 | 138.1 | 14.3 | 34.4 | 57.4 | 36.8 | 9.6 |
| PA | 34.0 | 163.3 | 31.1 | 33.8 | 81.3 | 32.9 | 13.9 |
| RI | 33.3 | 534.4 | 41.5 | 43.0 | 69.7 | 35.0 | 12.0 |
| SC | 111.5 | 192.1 | 17.4 | 28.7 | 131.3 | 24.3 | 23.4 |
| SD | 9.1 | 294.4 | 43.1 | 24.2 | 60.6 | 32.5 | 8.6 |
| TN | 100.0 | 580.1 | 26.5 | 27.4 | 97.9 | 26.0 | 15.9 |
| TX | 85.7 | 115.6 | 28.1 | 48.1 | 107.5 | 29.1 | 17.4 |
| UT | 253.3 | 309.5 | 24.2 | 47.2 | 125.7 | 31.0 | 21.9 |
| VA | 71.4 | 332.6 | 19.5 | 22.5 | 77.5 | 30.9 | 12.6 |
| VT | 33.3 | 96.4 | 12.5 | 8.1 | 74.2 | 36.4 | 15.0 |
| WA | 3.4 | 49.4 | 18.9 | 25.0 | 66.2 | 30.2 | 11.0 |
| WI | 19.6 | 165.4 | 25.4 | 24.6 | 83.8 | 31.2 | 14.0 |
| WV | 55.6 | 459.1 | 11.1 | 11.4 | 106.2 | 26.5 | 19.0 |
| WY | 77.8 | 163.2 | 14.6 | 9.0 | 87.0 | 33.3 | 15.6 |
*
Alaska had no NH hospice patients in 1999