Table 14_1_11-8

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 14_1_11.8
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 fee for service, by State, 2007 and 2008
	2008		2007
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Alabama	58.8	2.0	60.7	1.8
Alaska	52.9	2.8	59.6	2.5
Arizona	53.0	2.3	55.0	2.0
Arkansas	45.8	2.7	58.9	2.5
California	54.8	1.1	61.1	1.2
Colorado	59.0	2.7	61.1	2.4
Connecticut	65.3	2.6	61.8	2.4
Delaware	54.2	2.7	69.3	2.4
District of Columbia	55.0	3.1	62.8	2.7
Florida	54.5	1.2	60.2	1.2
Georgia	55.3	1.8	59.7	1.7
Hawaii	56.1	3.1	66.0	2.6
Idaho	62.9	2.6	60.0	2.7
Illinois	58.1	1.4	DNC	DNC
Indiana	56.8	1.8	63.5	1.7
Iowa	61.6	2.5	67.6	2.5
Kansas	57.1	2.7	65.3	2.6
Kentucky	54.3	2.2	58.9	2.0
Louisiana	53.6	2.5	68.3	2.0
Maine	62.8	2.6	66.2	2.6
Maryland	58.8	2.1	60.3	1.7
Massachusetts	61.0	2.0	62.5	1.8
Michigan	59.5	1.5	63.3	1.4
Minnesota	60.2	2.5	66.4	2.5
Mississippi	58.2	2.7	57.2	2.7
Missouri	55.7	2.0	62.5	1.8
Montana	59.8	2.6	61.1	2.7
Nebraska	55.8	2.8	64.0	2.7
Nevada	51.1	3.0	56.2	2.8
New Hampshire	64.2	2.7	58.7	2.7
New Jersey	52.3	1.7	57.8	1.5
New Mexico	52.0	3.0	56.8	2.6
New York	56.7	1.3	60.9	1.2
North Carolina	56.0	1.5	60.0	1.5
North Dakota	59.0	2.7	59.7	2.8
Ohio	57.0	1.4	60.6	1.3
Oklahoma	54.2	2.6	59.6	2.3
Oregon	52.9	2.9	55.0	2.7
Pennsylvania	57.0	1.5	62.1	1.3
Puerto Rico	61.2	3.7	73.0	2.6
Rhode Island	62.3	2.9	65.5	2.6
South Carolina	56.2	2.2	61.5	1.9
South Dakota	55.8	2.8	64.2	2.9
Tennessee	54.1	2.0	64.2	1.8
Texas	55.6	1.2	63.6	1.2
Utah	50.8	2.8	59.7	2.8
Vermont	63.2	2.6	61.5	2.7
Virgin Islands	46.3	3.3	51.4	2.9
Virginia	50.3	1.8	61.3	1.6
Washington	56.4	2.2	60.0	1.9
West Virginia	51.4	2.8	57.0	2.6
Wisconsin	63.2	2.0	65.0	1.7
Wyoming	57.6	2.7	54.0	2.7

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_11-8: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/14_patientcenteredness/T14_1_11-8.html