Table 13_1_2-6

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_2.6
Children who had an appointment for routine health care in the last 6 months who always got appointments for routine care as soon as wanted, Medicaid, by State, 2007 and 2008
	2008		2007
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
California	45.0	1.3	42.6	0.7
Colorado	52.7	2.3	54.8	2.7
Connecticut	DNC	DNC	71.9	2.3
Kansas	55.2	2.3	54.5	2.3
Maryland	61.1	1.0	62.7	1.1
Massachusetts	DNC	DNC	63.7	3.0
Michigan	DNC	DNC	60.0	1.1
Missouri	55.5	1.9	61.3	2.0
New Mexico	56.0	1.6	60.0	1.7
Ohio	60.0	1.0	57.1	1.2
Oklahoma	DNC	DNC	49.4	3.2
Pennsylvania	56.4	1.1	53.9	2.1
Tennessee	60.7	1.8	64.6	1.7
Utah	56.4	1.5	61.5	2.1
Washington	49.6	2.3	DNC	DNC
West Virginia	62.5	2.7	62.2	2.6

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_2-6: 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_2-6.html