Table 12_1_2-6

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 12_1_2.6
Children who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 6 months whose health providers always listened carefully, explained things clearly, respected what they or their parents had to say, and spent enough time with them, Medicaid, by State, 2007
State	Percent	SE
California	55.7	0.6
Colorado	66.2	2.3
Connecticut	77.2	2.0
Kansas	61.9	2.1
Maryland	71.3	0.9
Massachusetts	74.9	2.3
Michigan	67.3	0.9
Missouri	66.8	1.7
New Mexico	71.3	1.4
Ohio	70.5	1.0
Oklahoma	65.6	2.5
Pennsylvania	66.4	1.8
Tennessee	73.1	1.5
Utah	68.1	1.8
West Virginia	67.5	2.2

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 12_1_2-6: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/12_patientcenteredness/T12_1_2-6.html