Table 14_1_5-5

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_5.5
Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 6 months whose health providers always explained things in a way they could understand, Medicaid, by State, 2007-2009
 200920082007
StatePercentSEPercentSEPercentSE
Arizona56.52.8DNCDNCDNCDNC
Arkansas63.62.6DNCDNCDNCDNC
California51.41.758.52.255.70.9
Colorado62.22.365.22.266.82.2
ConnecticutDNCDNCDNCDNC67.72.8
Delaware70.12.7DNCDNCDNCDNC
District of Columbia64.33.0DNCDNCDNCDNC
Florida73.30.972.81.070.11.1
HawaiiDNCDNC66.31.8DNCDNC
Indiana70.63.8DNCDNCDNCDNC
Kansas65.81.658.52.464.52.6
Maryland64.01.164.51.269.51.2
Massachusetts70.91.267.91.971.32.2
Michigan68.11.065.50.865.00.9
Minnesota75.70.676.50.7DNCDNC
Missouri61.23.7DNCDNCDNCDNC
Nebraska65.52.9DNCDNCDNCDNC
New Jersey61.32.466.92.170.22.0
New Mexico70.31.869.71.871.42.0
New York68.51.661.90.868.11.9
Ohio69.21.169.31.272.21.7
OklahomaDNCDNC58.43.3DNCDNC
OregonDNCDNC64.91.4DNCDNC
Pennsylvania67.41.067.11.068.61.2
Puerto Rico59.83.657.12.6DNCDNC
Rhode Island68.41.871.82.661.03.0
South Carolina75.31.9DNCDNCDNCDNC
Tennessee63.22.165.22.668.42.4
Texas85.08.0DNCDNCDNCDNC
Utah68.51.7DNCDNC67.11.9
Vermont66.43.1DNCDNCDNCDNC
Virginia68.52.970.12.966.92.9
Washington68.62.3DNCDNC66.51.7
West Virginia68.32.270.73.171.13.1
Wisconsin70.22.5DNCDNCDNCDNC

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_5-5: 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_5-5.html