Table 13_1_1-7

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_1.7
Adults who had an appointment for routine health care in the last 12 months who got appointments for routine care as soon as wanted, Medicare managed care, by State, 2007 and 2008
	2008		2007
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Alabama	64.0	1.3	64.3	1.5
Arizona	55.8	0.7	57.1	1.1
Arkansas	59.0	2.2	62.7	3.1
California	56.1	0.4	57.2	0.7
Colorado	60.9	1.0	63.3	1.8
Connecticut	66.1	1.6	66.9	2.5
Delaware	59.9	3.7	63.4	10.7
District of Columbia	48.9	5.8	55.5	4.7
Florida	61.4	0.5	62.9	0.7
Georgia	59.7	1.6	63.1	1.9
Hawaii	59.1	1.6	60.1	2.0
Idaho	57.3	2.1	57.3	2.3
Illinois	60.8	1.1	61.1	1.4
Indiana	64.9	1.2	65.4	1.8
Iowa	62.7	2.2	56.5	6.3
Kansas	64.3	2.7	67.9	1.9
Kentucky	63.1	1.5	62.9	1.8
Louisiana	56.1	1.4	62.4	1.9
Maine	65.3	2.7	65.8	2.7
Maryland	56.1	1.7	57.5	1.8
Massachusetts	66.3	0.9	68.2	1.6
Michigan	66.4	1.4	64.7	1.7
Minnesota	62.1	0.9	64.8	1.5
Mississippi	57.7	4.6	DNC	DNC
Missouri	63.1	1.0	64.1	1.5
Montana	60.6	4.7	59.4	2.5
Nebraska	66.3	2.2	66.0	2.2
Nevada	47.0	1.2	59.3	2.5
New Jersey	61.6	1.1	64.8	1.6
New Mexico	55.2	1.6	57.6	1.8
New York	62.2	0.5	64.6	0.7
North Carolina	65.1	1.4	66.2	1.9
Ohio	64.7	0.7	66.4	1.1
Oklahoma	60.1	1.7	65.2	1.9
Oregon	59.3	0.8	59.4	1.1
Pennsylvania	63.7	0.5	65.6	0.7
Puerto Rico	59.2	0.7	65.5	1.1
Rhode Island	63.1	1.6	67.7	2.1
South Carolina	61.0	3.0	DNC	DNC
South Dakota	56.9	3.4	DNC	DNC
Tennessee	65.7	1.1	65.0	1.6
Texas	59.3	0.7	61.3	1.0
Utah	57.8	1.7	56.6	1.7
Virginia	58.8	2.9	62.4	2.9
Washington	62.1	1.1	63.8	1.6
West Virginia	66.6	1.8	69.7	2.7
Wisconsin	64.7	1.2	66.7	1.4

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_1-7: 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_1-7.html