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Table 3.5e: Percent of persons who can always get care for illness or injury as soon as wanted, Medicare fee for service, by State, 2002
| State |
Percent |
95% confidence interval |
| |
|
|
| Alabama |
74.42 |
2.86 |
| Alaska |
68.48 |
7.09 |
| Arizona |
65.77 |
4.43 |
| Arkansas |
76.22 |
3.39 |
| California |
69.13 |
2.53 |
| Colorado |
72.82 |
4.27 |
| Connecticut |
74.01 |
3.98 |
| Delaware |
72.02 |
4.80 |
| District of Columbia |
69.19 |
6.43 |
| Florida |
70.99 |
1.90 |
| Georgia |
72.20 |
2.64 |
| Hawaii |
76.72 |
6.18 |
| Idaho |
74.65 |
5.02 |
| Illinois |
72.71 |
3.42 |
| Indiana |
75.03 |
2.63 |
| Iowa |
75.01 |
3.81 |
| Kansas |
75.89 |
4.24 |
| Kentucky |
72.96 |
3.34 |
| Louisiana |
74.34 |
3.38 |
| Maine |
75.75 |
3.48 |
| Maryland |
75.51 |
3.43 |
| Massachusetts |
75.30 |
3.42 |
| Michigan |
73.86 |
2.50 |
| Minnesota |
74.63 |
3.52 |
| Mississippi |
75.54 |
3.39 |
| Missouri |
72.72 |
2.93 |
| Montana |
75.00 |
6.98 |
| Nebraska |
76.47 |
4.45 |
| Nevada |
67.51 |
5.98 |
| New Hampshire |
76.94 |
4.00 |
| New Jersey |
71.88 |
3.00 |
| New Mexico |
64.98 |
5.05 |
| New York |
71.53 |
2.27 |
| North Carolina |
71.01 |
2.50 |
| North Dakota |
75.08 |
4.67 |
| Ohio |
74.29 |
2.28 |
| Oklahoma |
73.68 |
3.57 |
| Oregon |
67.97 |
4.50 |
| Pennsylvania |
76.48 |
2.22 |
| Puerto Rico |
48.73 |
5.91 |
| Rhode Island |
76.16 |
6.80 |
| South Carolina |
72.48 |
3.45 |
| South Dakota |
75.09 |
5.09 |
| Tennessee |
72.13 |
2.79 |
| Texas |
69.64 |
2.22 |
| Utah |
69.42 |
5.79 |
| Vermont |
81.10 |
7.45 |
| Virginia |
72.25 |
2.92 |
| Washington |
74.45 |
3.31 |
| West Virginia |
75.14 |
3.63 |
| Wisconsin |
72.99 |
2.86 |
| Wyoming |
67.74 |
7.36 |
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Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, National CAHPS Benchmarking Database.
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