Table 14_1_9-3

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_9.3
Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers always spent enough time with them, Medicare fee for service, by State, 2007-2009
	2009		2008		2007
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Alabama	65.4	1.7	67.4	2.0	69.4	1.7
Alaska	72.3	2.7	69.6	2.7	70.5	2.6
Arizona	63.3	1.8	64.0	2.3	64.7	2.0
Arkansas	67.9	2.3	63.5	2.6	69.5	2.4
California	65.9	0.9	66.0	1.1	64.5	1.2
Colorado	73.9	2.0	64.2	2.8	66.8	2.4
Connecticut	74.2	1.8	72.3	2.5	67.9	2.4
Delaware	73.4	2.2	70.9	2.6	73.8	2.3
District of Columbia	67.0	2.4	70.9	2.9	70.0	2.6
Florida	64.8	0.9	66.0	1.1	67.4	1.2
Georgia	66.8	1.5	65.2	1.8	64.7	1.7
Hawaii	71.1	2.3	73.5	2.7	70.0	2.6
Idaho	66.1	2.5	70.3	2.6	67.0	2.7
Illinois	70.2	1.1	68.5	1.3	DNC	DNC
Indiana	73.3	1.6	69.8	1.7	68.9	1.7
Iowa	69.0	2.5	66.5	2.5	69.0	2.6
Kansas	70.7	2.4	69.4	2.5	68.0	2.6
Kentucky	71.4	1.7	67.9	2.1	67.8	1.9
Louisiana	74.6	1.9	70.7	2.4	71.6	2.0
Maine	73.3	2.3	70.4	2.5	71.9	2.4
Maryland	67.8	1.5	68.3	2.0	69.3	1.7
Massachusetts	70.8	1.5	70.9	1.9	70.0	1.7
Michigan	71.3	1.2	70.6	1.4	69.5	1.3
Minnesota	65.3	2.5	70.3	2.4	73.1	2.4
Mississippi	70.8	2.4	73.3	2.5	70.9	2.6
Missouri	70.2	1.6	68.7	1.9	66.0	1.8
Montana	71.7	2.5	69.7	2.6	72.9	2.6
Nebraska	69.5	2.5	65.9	2.7	67.6	2.7
Nevada	66.5	2.4	71.0	2.8	67.7	2.6
New Hampshire	71.1	2.3	67.7	2.7	67.9	2.6
New Jersey	67.9	1.2	67.9	1.7	68.2	1.4
New Mexico	63.3	2.6	72.2	2.9	64.8	2.6
New York	68.6	0.9	69.5	1.2	69.7	1.1
North Carolina	70.5	1.3	67.7	1.5	67.4	1.5
North Dakota	66.9	2.5	65.5	2.8	64.9	2.8
Ohio	67.8	1.1	69.1	1.3	66.8	1.3
Oklahoma	68.6	2.0	68.4	2.4	64.7	2.3
Oregon	67.7	2.5	67.4	2.8	63.0	2.8
Pennsylvania	71.3	1.1	69.6	1.4	72.5	1.2
Puerto Rico	66.6	2.4	63.0	3.7	70.7	2.6
Rhode Island	73.6	2.2	72.3	2.7	71.9	2.5
South Carolina	70.7	1.7	66.5	2.1	69.1	1.9
South Dakota	65.5	2.6	65.0	2.7	68.5	2.8
Tennessee	71.2	1.7	71.6	1.8	66.5	1.8
Texas	69.2	0.9	68.8	1.1	69.4	1.2
Utah	63.2	2.5	63.1	2.8	61.6	2.9
Vermont	74.4	2.3	75.2	2.4	70.3	2.6
Virgin Islands	72.1	2.6	71.5	2.9	73.4	2.7
Virginia	68.5	1.4	66.8	1.7	67.9	1.5
Washington	68.7	1.7	71.2	2.0	64.0	1.9
West Virginia	67.9	2.5	67.2	2.6	69.4	2.4
Wisconsin	66.8	1.8	69.3	2.0	69.5	1.7
Wyoming	69.7	2.5	68.8	2.6	68.0	2.6

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_9-3: 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_9-3.html