Table 14_1_6-6

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_6.6
Children who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 6 months whose health providers always explained things clearly to their parents, Medicaid, by State, 2007 and 2008
	2008		2007
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
California	59.2	1.1	59.3	0.6
Colorado	68.0	1.9	69.1	2.2
Connecticut	DNC	DNC	78.9	1.9
Kansas	71.6	2.0	67.7	2.0
Maryland	73.8	0.8	75.1	0.8
Massachusetts	DNC	DNC	79.1	2.2
Michigan	DNC	DNC	71.1	0.9
Missouri	74.0	1.5	70.9	1.6
New Mexico	74.6	1.3	76.8	1.3
Ohio	75.2	0.8	76.2	0.9
Oklahoma	DNC	DNC	74.7	2.3
Pennsylvania	74.6	0.9	71.2	1.7
Tennessee	74.4	1.4	77.0	1.4
Utah	75.5	1.1	74.4	1.6
Washington	72.9	1.8	DNC	DNC
West Virginia	74.5	2.1	68.7	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_6-6: 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_6-6.html