Table 14_1_11-3

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 14_1_11.3
Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months who gave a best rating for health care they received, Medicare fee for service, by State, 2007-2009
	2009		2008		2007
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Alabama	58.1	1.8	58.8	2.0	60.7	1.8
Alaska	52.2	2.7	52.9	2.8	59.6	2.5
Arizona	49.7	1.8	53.0	2.3	55.0	2.0
Arkansas	57.9	2.4	45.8	2.7	58.9	2.5
California	59.0	0.9	54.8	1.1	61.1	1.2
Colorado	61.1	2.1	59.0	2.7	61.1	2.4
Connecticut	64.6	1.9	65.3	2.6	61.8	2.4
Delaware	59.5	2.4	54.2	2.7	69.3	2.4
District of Columbia	59.1	2.5	55.0	3.1	62.8	2.7
Florida	54.8	0.9	54.5	1.2	60.2	1.2
Georgia	55.8	1.5	55.3	1.8	59.7	1.7
Hawaii	53.9	2.6	56.1	3.1	66.0	2.6
Idaho	57.0	2.5	62.9	2.6	60.0	2.7
Illinois	58.0	1.2	58.1	1.4	DNC	DNC
Indiana	60.9	1.7	56.8	1.8	63.5	1.7
Iowa	65.4	2.5	61.6	2.5	67.6	2.5
Kansas	63.5	2.4	57.1	2.7	65.3	2.6
Kentucky	57.2	1.8	54.3	2.2	58.9	2.0
Louisiana	60.5	2.1	53.6	2.5	68.3	2.0
Maine	61.7	2.5	62.8	2.6	66.2	2.6
Maryland	58.0	1.6	58.8	2.1	60.3	1.7
Massachusetts	62.6	1.5	61.0	2.0	62.5	1.8
Michigan	59.5	1.2	59.5	1.5	63.3	1.4
Minnesota	55.1	2.4	60.2	2.5	66.4	2.5
Mississippi	53.3	2.6	58.2	2.7	57.2	2.7
Missouri	55.1	1.7	55.7	2.0	62.5	1.8
Montana	52.9	2.6	59.8	2.6	61.1	2.7
Nebraska	62.6	2.5	55.8	2.8	64.0	2.7
Nevada	54.5	2.5	51.1	3.0	56.2	2.8
New Hampshire	62.0	2.4	64.2	2.7	58.7	2.7
New Jersey	55.8	1.3	52.3	1.7	57.8	1.5
New Mexico	50.3	2.6	52.0	3.0	56.8	2.6
New York	54.6	1.0	56.7	1.3	60.9	1.2
North Carolina	58.7	1.4	56.0	1.5	60.0	1.5
North Dakota	59.2	2.6	59.0	2.7	59.7	2.8
Ohio	58.3	1.2	57.0	1.4	60.6	1.3
Oklahoma	57.8	2.0	54.2	2.6	59.6	2.3
Oregon	56.7	2.5	52.9	2.9	55.0	2.7
Pennsylvania	60.5	1.2	57.0	1.5	62.1	1.3
Puerto Rico	56.1	2.5	61.2	3.7	73.0	2.6
Rhode Island	59.0	2.4	62.3	2.9	65.5	2.6
South Carolina	59.1	1.8	56.2	2.2	61.5	1.9
South Dakota	53.2	2.6	55.8	2.8	64.2	2.9
Tennessee	55.5	1.8	54.1	2.0	64.2	1.8
Texas	56.7	0.9	55.6	1.2	63.6	1.2
Utah	53.9	2.6	50.8	2.8	59.7	2.8
Vermont	60.7	2.5	63.2	2.6	61.5	2.7
Virgin Islands	47.6	2.8	46.3	3.3	51.4	2.9
Virginia	57.8	1.4	50.3	1.8	61.3	1.6
Washington	55.1	1.7	56.4	2.2	60.0	1.9
West Virginia	50.4	2.7	51.4	2.8	57.0	2.6
Wisconsin	59.4	1.8	63.2	2.0	65.0	1.7
Wyoming	55.3	2.6	57.6	2.7	54.0	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 14_1_11-3: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/14_patientcenteredness/T14_1_11-3.html