Table 13_1_4-6

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_4.6
Children who needed care right away for an illness, injury, or condition in the last 6 months who always got care as soon as wanted, Medicaid, by State, 2007 and 2008
	2008		2007
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
California	52.5	1.9	49.3	1.0
Colorado	64.5	2.8	71.4	3.0
Connecticut	DNC	DNC	76.2	2.9
Kansas	61.4	3.0	60.4	2.7
Maryland	69.4	1.2	70.7	1.3
Massachusetts	DNC	DNC	72.0	3.3
Michigan	DNC	DNC	65.7	1.2
Missouri	71.9	2.1	69.5	2.3
New Mexico	64.8	2.0	62.7	2.2
Ohio	70.3	1.2	67.9	1.4
Oklahoma	DNC	DNC	54.4	3.5
Pennsylvania	69.1	1.3	65.6	2.7
Tennessee	69.6	2.0	71.0	2.0
Utah	67.4	1.8	70.5	2.4
Washington	63.5	3.0	DNC	DNC
West Virginia	69.2	3.0	68.2	3.0

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_4-6: 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_4-6.html