Table 14_2_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 14_2_1.3
Adult hospital patients who always had good communication with doctors in the hospital, Medicaid, by State, 2009
 2009
StatePercentSE
Arkansas66.22.6
Arizona59.42.8
California57.81.7
Colorado66.22.1
District of Columbia67.12.9
Delaware69.02.8
Florida74.90.9
Indiana67.83.9
Kansas66.81.6
Massachusetts72.11.2
Maryland67.11.1
Michigan67.71.0
Minnesota75.60.6
Missouri62.33.7
Nebraska67.52.9
New Jersey70.22.3
New Mexico71.31.8
New York69.31.6
Ohio68.11.0
Pennsylvania69.21.0
Puerto Rico66.23.4
Rhode Island70.31.7
South Carolina74.41.9
Tennessee65.92.0
Texas76.39.5
Utah69.01.7
Virginia68.52.9
Vermont65.43.1
Washington66.32.3
Wisconsin70.42.5
West Virginia67.12.3

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_2_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/nhqrdr10/14_patientcenteredness/T14_2_1-3.html