Table 13_1_1-8

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_1.8
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 fee for service, by State, 2007 and 2008
	2008		2007
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Alabama	61.7	2.0	67.1	1.8
Alaska	53.7	2.7	61.0	2.6
Arizona	59.8	2.3	55.3	2.0
Arkansas	56.5	2.7	65.7	2.5
California	61.1	1.1	60.0	1.1
Colorado	60.3	2.8	62.4	2.4
Connecticut	71.9	2.5	66.6	2.3
Delaware	63.0	2.7	67.5	2.5
District of Columbia	64.7	2.9	55.6	2.7
Florida	60.6	1.2	62.3	1.2
Georgia	63.1	1.7	59.3	1.7
Hawaii	57.5	3.1	67.1	2.7
Idaho	61.0	2.7	57.6	2.8
Illinois	60.1	1.4	DNC	DNC
Indiana	63.9	1.8	61.4	1.8
Iowa	59.9	2.6	61.1	2.7
Kansas	59.8	2.7	61.2	2.7
Kentucky	58.8	2.3	61.2	2.0
Louisiana	57.6	2.5	57.9	2.2
Maine	63.7	2.6	59.9	2.6
Maryland	59.3	2.1	61.7	1.8
Massachusetts	60.6	2.0	62.1	1.8
Michigan	64.0	1.5	61.3	1.4
Minnesota	58.5	2.4	62.1	2.6
Mississippi	62.8	2.7	57.4	2.7
Missouri	57.1	2.0	62.1	1.8
Montana	58.6	2.6	58.4	2.8
Nebraska	62.2	2.7	61.7	2.8
Nevada	56.7	2.9	59.9	2.7
New Hampshire	61.0	2.7	60.8	2.7
New Jersey	61.3	1.7	60.0	1.5
New Mexico	57.6	3.0	54.1	2.7
New York	63.9	1.3	63.7	1.2
North Carolina	62.8	1.5	65.3	1.5
North Dakota	59.9	2.8	51.1	2.8
Ohio	61.1	1.4	61.8	1.3
Oklahoma	55.8	2.5	56.7	2.4
Oregon	64.9	2.7	56.1	2.8
Pennsylvania	61.2	1.5	64.9	1.3
Puerto Rico	54.8	4.0	62.4	2.9
Rhode Island	68.8	2.8	63.9	2.7
South Carolina	64.1	2.1	65.7	1.9
South Dakota	52.2	2.8	56.7	2.9
Tennessee	62.0	1.9	60.3	1.8
Texas	58.9	1.2	60.3	1.2
Utah	56.3	2.8	62.2	2.8
Vermont	60.8	2.7	61.1	2.7
Virgin Islands	47.5	3.4	59.1	3.0
Virginia	59.9	1.7	60.5	1.6
Washington	57.7	2.1	60.6	1.9
West Virginia	59.6	2.7	60.8	2.6
Wisconsin	59.9	2.1	62.6	1.8
Wyoming	58.2	2.7	57.2	2.7

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_1-8: 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_1-8.html