2010 Hospice use
Summary Information
| Range in California (Min-Max): | 10%-47% |
| Overall in California: | 28% |
| Target Value: | 36% (90th percentile) |
Ranking Methodology
| Summary Measure: | Health Factors - Clinical Care (Quality of Care) |
| Weight in Health Factors: | 2.5% |
| Years of Data Used: | 2001-2005 |
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| The counties are shaded with lighter counties having a better rank. Gray counties are not reported (NR). |
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The hospice use measure represents the percent of chronically ill Medicare patients who enrolled in hospice care in the last six months of life.
Estimates of hospice use were calculated for the County Health Rankings by the authors of the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care using Medicare claims data for the years 2001–2005.
There is wide consensus that hospice services provide superior comprehensive end-of-life care for individuals than care in an institution.
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| % Hospice Use | Percent of Chronically Ill Medicare enrollees admitted to hospice in last 6 months of life |
| Error Margin | 95% confidence interval reported by Dartmouth Institute |
| Z-Score | (Measure - Average of CA counties)/(Standard Deviation) |
| Place | % Hospice Use | Error Margin | Z-Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alameda | 25% | 23-26 | 0.23 |
| Alpine | NR | ||
| Amador | 29% | 23-37 | -0.35 |
| Butte | 29% | 26-32 | -0.30 |
| Calaveras | 17% | 13-23 | 1.18 |
| Colusa | 0.00 | ||
| Contra Costa | 30% | 28-32 | -0.46 |
| Del Norte | 14% | 9-22 | 1.56 |
| El Dorado | 31% | 26-36 | -0.56 |
| Fresno | 20% | 18-21 | 0.87 |
| Glenn | 28% | 20-38 | -0.21 |
| Humboldt | 32% | 29-37 | -0.77 |
| Imperial | 20% | 16-24 | 0.85 |
| Inyo | 0.00 | ||
| Kern | 26% | 24-29 | 0.00 |
| Kings | 19% | 15-24 | 0.95 |
| Lake | 23% | 19-27 | 0.48 |
| Lassen | 0.00 | ||
| Los Angeles | 22% | 22-23 | 0.52 |
| Madera | 21% | 17-27 | 0.63 |
| Marin | 34% | 30-38 | -0.97 |
| Mariposa | 23% | 16-34 | 0.41 |
| Mendocino | 13% | 10-17 | 1.72 |
| Merced | 19% | 16-23 | 0.91 |
| Modoc | 0.00 | ||
| Mono | 0.00 | ||
| Monterey | 34% | 32-38 | -1.04 |
| Napa | 35% | 31-41 | -1.18 |
| Nevada | 30% | 26-35 | -0.50 |
| Orange | 36% | 34-38 | -1.24 |
| Placer | 25% | 22-29 | 0.20 |
| Plumas | 10% | 6-17 | 2.11 |
| Riverside | 40% | 38-42 | -1.78 |
| Sacramento | 21% | 19-23 | 0.68 |
| San Benito | 21% | 15-30 | 0.64 |
| San Bernardino | 35% | 33-38 | -1.14 |
| San Diego | 47% | 45-48 | -2.60 |
| San Francisco | 16% | 14-18 | 1.35 |
| San Joaquin | 17% | 16-20 | 1.15 |
| San Luis Obispo | 34% | 31-38 | -0.99 |
| San Mateo | 28% | 25-30 | -0.18 |
| Santa Barbara | 27% | 25-30 | -0.14 |
| Santa Clara | 29% | 27-31 | -0.29 |
| Santa Cruz | 36% | 33-41 | -1.29 |
| Shasta | 22% | 19-25 | 0.56 |
| Sierra | NR | ||
| Siskiyou | 41% | 35-49 | -1.93 |
| Solano | 25% | 21-29 | 0.24 |
| Sonoma | 37% | 34-40 | -1.36 |
| Stanislaus | 23% | 20-26 | 0.48 |
| Sutter | 21% | 17-26 | 0.64 |
| Tehama | 23% | 19-28 | 0.46 |
| Trinity | 0.00 | ||
| Tulare | 21% | 19-24 | 0.66 |
| Tuolumne | 21% | 17-26 | 0.70 |
| Ventura | 31% | 29-34 | -0.65 |
| Yolo | 31% | 26-38 | -0.65 |
| Yuba | 23% | 18-29 | 0.42 |
NR in Z-Score column indicates county "not ranked"
