Table 13_1_3-7

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_3.7
Adults who needed care right away for an illness, injury, or condition in the last 12 months who got care as soon as wanted, Medicare managed care, by State, 2007 and 2008
	2008		2007
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Alabama	67.4	1.8	71.4	2.1
Arizona	62.6	1.1	61.9	1.7
Arkansas	61.8	3.1	65.5	4.4
California	66.5	0.7	69.2	1.0
Colorado	71.3	1.5	75.7	2.8
Connecticut	72.8	2.5	74.0	3.4
Delaware	63.0	5.7	38.9	14.4
District of Columbia	62.5	8.7	69.5	6.8
Florida	65.1	0.8	67.9	1.2
Georgia	68.4	2.3	72.6	2.8
Hawaii	65.9	2.5	72.8	3.0
Idaho	69.8	3.0	67.5	3.5
Illinois	66.5	1.7	70.4	2.2
Indiana	73.5	1.7	76.0	2.7
Iowa	78.5	3.1	69.9	9.5
Kansas	68.3	4.3	73.2	3.1
Kentucky	66.6	2.1	66.1	2.5
Louisiana	65.8	2.1	66.9	2.9
Maine	77.1	3.9	75.7	4.2
Maryland	63.0	2.6	66.8	2.8
Massachusetts	73.5	1.4	71.7	2.4
Michigan	77.0	2.1	71.0	2.6
Minnesota	73.5	1.4	74.6	2.2
Mississippi	69.3	6.0	DNC	DNC
Missouri	69.9	1.7	70.3	2.4
Montana	72.4	7.3	75.2	3.5
Nebraska	75.2	3.3	77.2	3.4
Nevada	56.6	1.8	57.3	4.3
New Jersey	66.3	1.9	72.2	2.6
New Mexico	62.0	2.4	62.9	2.7
New York	69.0	0.8	69.7	1.2
North Carolina	69.8	2.2	71.8	2.7
Ohio	73.7	1.1	73.8	1.7
Oklahoma	64.6	2.5	67.1	2.9
Oregon	70.7	1.2	70.3	1.6
Pennsylvania	71.8	0.8	71.9	1.1
Puerto Rico	64.8	0.9	69.2	1.4
Rhode Island	62.9	2.7	73.1	3.2
South Carolina	73.0	3.9	DNC	DNC
South Dakota	72.5	5.1	DNC	DNC
Tennessee	69.2	1.7	73.1	2.3
Texas	69.0	1.1	69.3	1.5
Utah	69.3	2.6	68.3	2.5
Virginia	62.1	4.6	68.9	4.2
Washington	71.9	1.6	72.0	2.3
West Virginia	69.1	3.0	75.4	4.2
Wisconsin	77.1	1.7	77.5	1.9

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_3-7: 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_3-7.html