Table 11_1_3-6

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 11_1_3.6
Adults who needed care right away for an illness, injury, or condition in the last 6 months who always got care as soon as wanted, Medicaid, by State, 2007
State	Percent	SE
California	46.9	1.2
Colorado	57.6	3.0
Connecticut	65.2	3.2
Florida	55.8	1.6
Kansas	57.3	3.2
Maryland	62.1	1.5
Massachusetts	59.7	2.8
Michigan	58.5	1.1
New Jersey	57.3	2.8
New Mexico	60.6	2.6
New York	59.7	2.7
Ohio	54.6	2.0
Pennsylvania	56.0	1.5
Rhode Island	55.5	3.5
Tennessee	63.2	2.9
Utah	59.0	2.3
Virginia	62.1	3.5
Washington	51.4	2.0
West Virginia	55.7	3.7

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 11_1_3-6: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/11_timeliness/T11_1_3-6.html