Table 14_1_5-6

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_5.6
Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 6 months whose health providers explained things in a way they could understand, Medicaid, by State, 2007 and 2008
	2008		2007
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
California	58.5	2.2	55.7	0.9
Colorado	65.2	2.2	66.8	2.2
Connecticut	DNC	DNC	67.7	2.8
Florida	72.8	1.0	70.1	1.1
Hawaii	66.3	1.8	DNC	DNC
Kansas	58.5	2.4	64.5	2.6
Maryland	64.5	1.2	69.5	1.2
Massachusetts	67.9	1.9	71.3	2.2
Michigan	65.5	0.8	65.0	0.9
Minnesota	76.5	0.7	DNC	DNC
New Jersey	66.9	2.1	70.2	2.0
New Mexico	69.7	1.8	71.4	2.0
New York	61.9	0.8	68.1	1.9
Ohio	69.3	1.2	72.2	1.7
Oklahoma	58.4	3.3	DNC	DNC
Oregon	64.9	1.4	DNC	DNC
Pennsylvania	67.1	1.0	68.6	1.2
Puerto Rico	57.1	2.6	DNC	DNC
Rhode Island	71.8	2.6	61.0	3.0
Tennessee	65.2	2.6	68.4	2.4
Utah	DNC	DNC	67.1	1.9
Virginia	70.1	2.9	66.9	2.9
Washington	DNC	DNC	66.5	1.7
West Virginia	70.7	3.1	71.1	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_5-6: 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_5-6.html