Table 13_1_1-4

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_1.4
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 managed care, by State, 2007-2009
	2009		2008		2007
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Alabama	62.0	1.2	64.0	1.3	64.3	1.5
Arizona	55.9	0.8	55.8	0.7	57.1	1.1
Arkansas	58.1	2.3	59.0	2.2	62.7	3.1
California	58.8	0.5	56.1	0.4	57.2	0.7
Colorado	62.3	1.0	60.9	1.0	63.3	1.8
Connecticut	63.7	1.4	66.1	1.6	66.9	2.5
Delaware	DNC	DNC	59.9	3.7	63.4	10.7
District of Columbia	57.8	4.6	48.9	5.8	55.5	4.7
Florida	62.1	0.5	61.4	0.5	62.9	0.7
Georgia	61.2	1.4	59.7	1.6	63.1	1.9
Hawaii	59.5	1.4	59.1	1.6	60.1	2.0
Idaho	60.6	1.7	57.3	2.1	57.3	2.3
Illinois	60.0	1.2	60.8	1.1	61.1	1.4
Indiana	67.5	1.3	64.9	1.2	65.4	1.8
Iowa	62.9	2.8	62.7	2.2	56.5	6.3
Kansas	64.8	2.6	64.3	2.7	67.9	1.9
Kentucky	59.2	1.5	63.1	1.5	62.9	1.8
Louisiana	57.8	1.3	56.1	1.4	62.4	1.9
Maine	68.0	1.6	65.3	2.7	65.8	2.7
Maryland	57.5	1.4	56.1	1.7	57.5	1.8
Massachusetts	62.8	1.0	66.3	0.9	68.2	1.6
Michigan	64.0	1.5	66.4	1.4	64.7	1.7
Minnesota	61.7	0.9	62.1	0.9	64.8	1.5
Mississippi	58.1	4.0	57.7	4.6	DNC	DNC
Missouri	63.6	1.0	63.1	1.0	64.1	1.5
Montana	DNC	DNC	60.6	4.7	59.4	2.5
Nebraska	61.6	2.1	66.3	2.2	66.0	2.2
Nevada	53.2	1.4	47.0	1.2	59.3	2.5
New Jersey	60.9	1.1	61.6	1.1	64.8	1.6
New Mexico	54.7	1.5	55.2	1.6	57.6	1.8
New York	63.5	0.5	62.2	0.5	64.6	0.7
North Carolina	65.4	1.3	65.1	1.4	66.2	1.9
Ohio	63.4	0.8	64.7	0.7	66.4	1.1
Oklahoma	60.7	1.6	60.1	1.7	65.2	1.9
Oregon	60.4	0.9	59.3	0.8	59.4	1.1
Pennsylvania	64.5	0.5	63.7	0.5	65.6	0.7
Puerto Rico	57.3	0.8	59.2	0.7	65.5	1.1
Rhode Island	63.5	1.7	63.1	1.6	67.7	2.1
South Carolina	56.8	2.4	61.0	3.0	DNC	DNC
South Dakota	DNC	DNC	56.9	3.4	DNC	DNC
Tennessee	66.9	1.2	65.7	1.1	65.0	1.6
Texas	61.1	0.7	59.3	0.7	61.3	1.0
Utah	55.5	1.5	57.8	1.7	56.6	1.7
Virginia	59.2	2.2	58.8	2.9	62.4	2.9
Washington	62.4	1.1	62.1	1.1	63.8	1.6
West Virginia	64.2	2.3	66.6	1.8	69.7	2.7
Wisconsin	63.2	1.2	64.7	1.2	66.7	1.4

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_1-4: 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_1-4.html