Table 13_1_3-6

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_3.6
Adults who needed care right away for an illness, injury, or condition in the last 6 months who got care as soon as wanted, Medicaid, by State, 2007 and 2008
	2008		2007
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
California	48.1	2.7	46.9	1.2
Colorado	61.4	2.6	57.6	3.0
Connecticut	DNC	DNC	65.2	3.2
Florida	61.7	1.4	55.8	1.6
Hawaii	53.8	2.3	DNC	DNC
Kansas	51.6	2.8	57.3	3.2
Maryland	56.1	1.5	62.1	1.5
Massachusetts	59.2	2.4	59.7	2.8
Michigan	58.2	1.0	58.5	1.1
Minnesota	66.2	1.0	DNC	DNC
New Jersey	59.7	2.6	57.3	2.8
New Mexico	57.5	2.4	60.6	2.6
New York	53.4	1.1	59.7	2.7
Ohio	55.5	1.5	54.6	2.0
Oklahoma	54.0	3.6	DNC	DNC
Oregon	48.8	1.8	DNC	DNC
Pennsylvania	58.0	1.4	56.0	1.5
Puerto Rico	50.7	3.0	DNC	DNC
Rhode Island	64.8	3.2	55.5	3.5
Tennessee	65.0	3.2	63.2	2.9
Utah	DNC	DNC	59.0	2.3
Virginia	62.4	3.7	62.1	3.5
Washington	DNC	DNC	51.4	2.0
West Virginia	59.6	3.6	55.7	3.7

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_3-6: 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_3-6.html