Table 12_1_6-7

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_6.7
Children who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 6 months whose health providers always explained things clearly to them (children), Medicaid, by State, 2007
StatePercentSE
California54.70.8
Colorado62.63.2
Connecticut73.72.6
Kansas53.73.0
Maryland68.71.1
Massachusetts74.03.0
Michigan60.51.2
Missouri62.22.1
New Mexico65.51.8
Ohio66.61.2
Oklahoma58.53.3
Pennsylvania61.62.3
Tennessee71.01.9
Utah60.62.1
West Virginia61.82.9

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_6-7: 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_6-7.html