Table 14_1_1-6

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 14_1_1.6
Composite measure: Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 6 months whose health providers listened carefully, explained things clearly, respected what they had to say, and spent enough time with them, Medicaid, by State, 2007 and 2008
	2008		2007
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
California	61.2	2.1	59.9	0.9
Colorado	66.9	2.1	68.3	2.1
Connecticut	DNC	DNC	69.9	2.7
Florida	74.1	1.0	74.0	1.1
Hawaii	68.1	1.8	DNC	DNC
Kansas	61.7	2.3	64.0	2.6
Maryland	66.7	1.1	68.9	1.2
Massachusetts	71.5	1.8	70.2	2.2
Michigan	66.2	0.8	66.6	0.9
Minnesota	76.8	0.7	DNC	DNC
New Jersey	71.2	2.0	75.1	1.9
New Mexico	72.1	1.8	73.1	2.0
New York	66.2	0.8	68.1	1.9
Ohio	69.3	1.2	71.6	1.7
Oklahoma	58.3	3.3	DNC	DNC
Oregon	63.9	1.4	DNC	DNC
Pennsylvania	67.8	1.0	68.6	1.2
Puerto Rico	61.9	2.5	DNC	DNC
Rhode Island	72.2	2.6	64.1	2.9
Tennessee	66.0	2.6	70.4	2.3
Utah	DNC	DNC	67.8	1.9
Virginia	71.7	2.9	69.4	2.8
Washington	DNC	DNC	64.8	1.7
West Virginia	71.4	3.0	71.3	3.1

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 14_1_1-6: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/14_patientcenteredness/T14_1_1-6.html