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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 14_1_1.8
Composite measure: Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers listened carefully, explained things clearly, respected what they had to say, and spent enough time with them, Medicare fee for service, by State, 2007 and 2008
  2008 2007
State Percent SE Percent SE
Alabama 75.0 1.8 75.2 1.6
Alaska 73.6 2.6 74.9 2.4
Arizona 69.9 2.2 71.7 1.9
Arkansas 71.5 2.4 75.1 2.2
California 73.0 1.0 72.0 1.1
Colorado 71.3 2.6 74.5 2.2
Connecticut 78.6 2.3 73.6 2.2
Delaware 77.4 2.3 78.0 2.2
District of Columbia 77.4 2.7 75.1 2.4
Florida 71.4 1.1 72.5 1.1
Georgia 73.9 1.6 71.5 1.6
Hawaii 77.3 2.6 77.4 2.3
Idaho 74.9 2.5 72.7 2.6
Illinois 75.2 1.2 DNC DNC
Indiana 76.0 1.6 74.9 1.5
Iowa 73.2 2.3 74.5 2.4
Kansas 74.8 2.4 76.1 2.4
Kentucky 75.5 2.0 73.0 1.8
Louisiana 76.6 2.2 76.8 1.9
Maine 74.7 2.4 76.9 2.3
Maryland 74.3 1.9 74.9 1.6
Massachusetts 77.1 1.7 75.1 1.6
Michigan 75.3 1.3 75.0 1.2
Minnesota 76.1 2.2 77.4 2.3
Mississippi 76.8 2.4 76.5 2.4
Missouri 73.9 1.8 72.0 1.7
Montana 75.0 2.4 75.5 2.5
Nebraska 71.8 2.5 72.7 2.5
Nevada 74.6 2.7 73.8 2.5
New Hampshire 74.4 2.5 74.2 2.4
New Jersey 71.9 1.6 73.6 1.4
New Mexico 78.1 2.7 71.5 2.5
New York 74.7 1.2 74.7 1.0
North Carolina 74.0 1.4 74.3 1.4
North Dakota 70.7 2.7 70.8 2.7
Ohio 74.8 1.2 73.6 1.2
Oklahoma 73.8 2.3 69.9 2.2
Oregon 71.5 2.7 72.1 2.6
Pennsylvania 74.8 1.3 76.7 1.2
Puerto Rico 72.8 3.3 80.2 2.3
Rhode Island 79.4 2.4 77.8 2.3
South Carolina 74.2 2.0 77.7 1.7
South Dakota 73.1 2.5 73.4 2.7
Tennessee 78.5 1.7 74.6 1.6
Texas 74.2 1.1 74.1 1.1
Utah 69.7 2.7 68.7 2.8
Vermont 78.9 2.3 74.5 2.4
Virgin Islands 78.3 2.7 79.6 2.4
Virginia 72.8 1.6 74.8 1.4
Washington 76.9 1.9 70.0 1.8
West Virginia 73.1 2.4 73.9 2.3
Wisconsin 72.8 1.9 75.1 1.6
Wyoming 72.4 2.5 71.0 2.5

DNC - Data were not collected.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, National CAHPS Benchmarking Database.

 

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