Table 13_1_1-6

2009 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 13_1_1.6
Adults who had an appointment for routine health care in the last 6 months who got appointments for routine care as soon as wanted, Medicaid, by State, 2007 and 2008
	2008		2007
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
California	44.2	2.1	42.5	0.9
Colorado	56.0	2.1	57.5	2.3
Connecticut	DNC	DNC	54.7	2.6
Florida	55.9	1.1	53.5	1.2
Hawaii	45.9	1.8	DNC	DNC
Kansas	54.9	2.3	53.2	2.7
Maryland	55.8	1.2	60.2	1.2
Massachusetts	52.1	1.9	51.3	2.3
Michigan	55.5	0.9	56.2	0.9
Minnesota	54.5	0.7	DNC	DNC
New Jersey	55.8	2.1	57.8	2.1
New Mexico	55.1	1.8	56.0	2.1
New York	46.2	0.8	54.6	2.0
Ohio	51.8	1.2	50.6	1.7
Oklahoma	50.0	3.1	DNC	DNC
Oregon	48.7	1.4	DNC	DNC
Pennsylvania	54.2	1.1	55.4	1.2
Puerto Rico	53.2	2.8	DNC	DNC
Rhode Island	55.7	2.6	54.5	2.7
Tennessee	57.9	2.8	63.0	2.4
Utah	DNC	DNC	52.3	1.9
Virginia	58.7	3.0	61.1	2.9
Washington	DNC	DNC	49.0	1.7
West Virginia	51.2	3.0	58.7	3.1

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.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 13_1_1-6: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/13_timeliness/T13_1_1-6.html