Table 13_1_3-8

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_3.8
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 fee for service, by State, 2007 and 2008
	2008		2007
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Alabama	68.5	2.9	77.4	2.5
Alaska	61.3	3.9	67.7	3.6
Arizona	66.1	3.4	64.2	2.9
Arkansas	53.2	4.0	68.8	3.7
California	71.7	1.7	71.8	1.7
Colorado	66.9	4.3	75.9	3.4
Connecticut	73.2	3.9	72.0	3.7
Delaware	70.3	4.0	72.2	3.9
District of Columbia	73.3	4.1	66.2	4.1
Florida	65.3	1.8	70.7	1.8
Georgia	69.9	2.6	66.3	2.5
Hawaii	70.6	4.5	79.0	3.7
Idaho	80.3	3.4	68.3	3.9
Illinois	66.7	2.1	DNC	DNC
Indiana	68.8	2.7	73.5	2.5
Iowa	76.2	3.5	78.3	3.6
Kansas	74.0	3.6	75.4	3.8
Kentucky	66.5	3.1	71.4	2.8
Louisiana	64.3	3.6	70.8	3.1
Maine	72.5	3.7	74.8	3.6
Maryland	70.9	3.2	69.6	2.7
Massachusetts	70.6	2.8	73.0	2.5
Michigan	68.1	2.3	74.3	1.9
Minnesota	77.5	3.2	74.1	3.7
Mississippi	67.4	3.6	72.8	3.8
Missouri	66.2	2.9	67.8	2.8
Montana	69.4	3.6	74.8	3.9
Nebraska	72.5	3.7	75.2	4.0
Nevada	70.1	4.2	68.3	3.9
New Hampshire	71.7	3.7	75.9	3.7
New Jersey	69.5	2.6	68.9	2.4
New Mexico	63.9	4.6	65.1	3.9
New York	68.5	2.0	69.5	1.8
North Carolina	70.2	2.1	72.1	2.1
North Dakota	73.6	3.6	70.2	4.2
Ohio	68.1	2.2	70.4	2.0
Oklahoma	64.4	3.4	66.3	3.6
Oregon	74.4	3.8	64.2	4.3
Pennsylvania	70.6	2.2	73.5	2.0
Puerto Rico	63.0	4.6	73.6	3.3
Rhode Island	66.7	4.6	74.5	3.5
South Carolina	73.3	2.9	73.3	2.7
South Dakota	74.4	3.8	70.6	4.9
Tennessee	69.2	2.9	71.9	2.6
Texas	65.0	1.8	69.5	1.8
Utah	67.7	4.1	73.4	3.7
Vermont	74.5	3.7	74.8	3.9
Virgin Islands	55.7	5.0	63.5	4.1
Virginia	72.6	2.4	71.2	2.3
Washington	72.1	3.1	70.7	2.7
West Virginia	61.8	3.8	64.7	3.8
Wisconsin	78.6	2.8	72.3	2.6
Wyoming	71.3	3.6	74.7	3.5

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_3-8: 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_3-8.html