Table 14_1_2-6

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_2.6
Children who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 6 months whose health providers always listened carefully, explained things clearly, respected what they or their parents had to say, and spent enough time with them, Medicaid, by State, 2007 and 2008
	2008		2007
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
California	52.9	1.1	55.7	0.6
Colorado	64.3	2.0	66.2	2.3
Connecticut	DNC	DNC	77.2	2.0
Kansas	66.6	2.0	61.9	2.1
Maryland	71.2	0.8	71.3	0.9
Massachusetts	DNC	DNC	74.9	2.3
Michigan	DNC	DNC	67.3	0.9
Missouri	70.6	1.6	66.8	1.7
New Mexico	69.7	1.3	71.3	1.4
Ohio	68.9	0.9	70.5	1.0
Oklahoma	DNC	DNC	65.6	2.5
Pennsylvania	68.5	0.9	66.4	1.8
Tennessee	70.2	1.5	73.1	1.5
Utah	69.1	1.2	68.1	1.8
Washington	66.9	1.9	DNC	DNC
West Virginia	67.8	2.2	67.5	2.2

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_2-6: 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_2-6.html