Table 13_1_1-3

2010 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 13_1_1.3
Adults who had an appointment for routine health care in the last 12 months who always got appointments for routine care as soon as wanted, Medicare fee for service, by State, 2007-2009
	2009		2008		2007
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Alabama	61.9	1.7	61.7	2.0	67.1	1.8
Alaska	54.2	2.7	53.7	2.7	61.0	2.6
Arizona	54.3	1.8	59.8	2.3	55.3	2.0
Arkansas	60.4	2.4	56.5	2.7	65.7	2.5
California	62.9	0.8	61.1	1.1	60.0	1.1
Colorado	62.4	2.1	60.3	2.8	62.4	2.4
Connecticut	68.0	1.9	71.9	2.5	66.6	2.3
Delaware	64.6	2.4	63.0	2.7	67.5	2.5
District of Columbia	59.6	2.5	64.7	2.9	55.6	2.7
Florida	60.3	0.9	60.6	1.2	62.3	1.2
Georgia	63.1	1.5	63.1	1.7	59.3	1.7
Hawaii	62.9	2.5	57.5	3.1	67.1	2.7
Idaho	57.4	2.5	61.0	2.7	57.6	2.8
Illinois	62.1	1.2	60.1	1.4	DNC	DNC
Indiana	64.8	1.6	63.9	1.8	61.4	1.8
Iowa	62.2	2.5	59.9	2.6	61.1	2.7
Kansas	56.9	2.5	59.8	2.7	61.2	2.7
Kentucky	61.3	1.8	58.8	2.3	61.2	2.0
Louisiana	59.5	2.1	57.6	2.5	57.9	2.2
Maine	64.8	2.5	63.7	2.6	59.9	2.6
Maryland	63.7	1.5	59.3	2.1	61.7	1.8
Massachusetts	63.2	1.5	60.6	2.0	62.1	1.8
Michigan	63.2	1.2	64.0	1.5	61.3	1.4
Minnesota	60.6	2.4	58.5	2.4	62.1	2.6
Mississippi	61.1	2.5	62.8	2.7	57.4	2.7
Missouri	61.8	1.6	57.1	2.0	62.1	1.8
Montana	58.5	2.6	58.6	2.6	58.4	2.8
Nebraska	63.1	2.5	62.2	2.7	61.7	2.8
Nevada	57.2	2.4	56.7	2.9	59.9	2.7
New Hampshire	61.1	2.4	61.0	2.7	60.8	2.7
New Jersey	62.7	1.2	61.3	1.7	60.0	1.5
New Mexico	51.8	2.6	57.6	3.0	54.1	2.7
New York	61.0	0.9	63.9	1.3	63.7	1.2
North Carolina	64.4	1.4	62.8	1.5	65.3	1.5
North Dakota	59.6	2.7	59.9	2.8	51.1	2.8
Ohio	60.5	1.1	61.1	1.4	61.8	1.3
Oklahoma	62.4	2.0	55.8	2.5	56.7	2.4
Oregon	60.5	2.4	64.9	2.7	56.1	2.8
Pennsylvania	62.7	1.2	61.2	1.5	64.9	1.3
Puerto Rico	59.3	2.7	54.8	4.0	62.4	2.9
Rhode Island	66.5	2.3	68.8	2.8	63.9	2.7
South Carolina	66.5	1.8	64.1	2.1	65.7	1.9
South Dakota	59.8	2.5	52.2	2.8	56.7	2.9
Tennessee	61.9	1.7	62.0	1.9	60.3	1.8
Texas	61.0	0.9	58.9	1.2	60.3	1.2
Utah	53.2	2.5	56.3	2.8	62.2	2.8
Vermont	58.5	2.5	60.8	2.7	61.1	2.7
Virgin Islands	56.1	2.9	47.5	3.4	59.1	3.0
Virginia	61.3	1.4	59.9	1.7	60.5	1.6
Washington	59.4	1.7	57.7	2.1	60.6	1.9
West Virginia	56.4	2.7	59.6	2.7	60.8	2.6
Wisconsin	61.2	1.8	59.9	2.1	62.6	1.8
Wyoming	54.7	2.6	58.2	2.7	57.2	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 February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 13_1_1-3: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/13_timeliness/T13_1_1-3.html