Table 14_1_11-7

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 14_1_11.7
Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months who gave a best rating for health care they received, Medicare managed care, by State, 2007 and 2008
	2008		2007
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Alabama	56.3	1.3	66.7	1.4
Arizona	51.4	0.7	58.7	1.1
Arkansas	50.2	2.1	65.5	2.9
California	55.2	0.4	60.5	0.7
Colorado	57.4	1.0	64.6	1.8
Connecticut	60.3	1.6	65.3	2.4
Delaware	45.8	3.6	56.1	10.9
District of Columbia	50.8	5.5	59.0	4.6
Florida	53.0	0.5	60.1	0.7
Georgia	53.7	1.6	64.1	1.8
Hawaii	59.6	1.5	63.9	1.9
Idaho	60.1	2.0	63.2	2.2
Illinois	58.7	1.1	64.2	1.4
Indiana	63.0	1.1	63.9	1.8
Iowa	66.6	2.1	56.7	6.0
Kansas	61.5	2.7	65.2	1.9
Kentucky	53.1	1.5	61.2	1.7
Louisiana	57.8	1.3	69.0	1.7
Maine	60.5	2.7	64.6	2.6
Maryland	52.0	1.7	59.1	1.8
Massachusetts	63.4	0.9	66.8	1.5
Michigan	59.4	1.5	68.3	1.6
Minnesota	61.6	0.9	67.0	1.5
Mississippi	47.8	4.6	DNC	DNC
Missouri	61.5	1.0	62.2	1.4
Montana	62.9	4.5	69.1	2.3
Nebraska	58.5	2.2	67.8	2.1
Nevada	42.8	1.1	50.8	2.5
New Jersey	51.3	1.1	60.0	1.6
New Mexico	58.7	1.6	59.5	1.8
New York	53.6	0.5	60.0	0.7
North Carolina	55.5	1.4	65.0	1.8
Ohio	60.0	0.7	63.3	1.1
Oklahoma	57.7	1.6	60.1	1.9
Oregon	59.6	0.8	63.7	1.0
Pennsylvania	60.6	0.5	65.3	0.7
Puerto Rico	63.8	0.7	78.6	0.9
Rhode Island	61.1	1.6	67.1	2.0
South Carolina	52.4	3.0	DNC	DNC
South Dakota	63.8	3.1	DNC	DNC
Tennessee	59.3	1.1	67.1	1.5
Texas	55.3	0.7	62.7	1.0
Utah	55.7	1.7	61.3	1.6
Virginia	57.5	2.8	60.5	2.9
Washington	60.0	1.1	63.7	1.5
West Virginia	56.5	1.9	69.3	2.6
Wisconsin	66.4	1.1	69.9	1.3

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_11-7: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/14_patientcenteredness/T14_1_11-7.html