Table 14_1_6-7

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_6.7
Children who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 6 months whose health providers always explained things clearly to them (children), Medicaid, by State, 2007 and 2008
	2008		2007
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
California	59.2	1.3	54.7	0.8
Colorado	58.2	2.8	62.6	3.2
Connecticut	DNC	DNC	73.7	2.6
Kansas	58.8	2.9	53.7	3.0
Maryland	65.0	1.1	68.7	1.1
Massachusetts	DNC	DNC	74.0	3.0
Michigan	DNC	DNC	60.5	1.2
Missouri	67.3	2.0	62.2	2.1
New Mexico	65.9	1.7	65.5	1.8
Ohio	63.4	1.1	66.6	1.2
Oklahoma	DNC	DNC	58.5	3.3
Pennsylvania	64.6	1.2	61.6	2.3
Tennessee	65.0	1.9	71.0	1.9
Utah	65.8	1.6	60.6	2.1
Washington	61.8	2.3	DNC	DNC
West Virginia	57.7	2.9	61.8	2.9

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_6-7: 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_6-7.html