Table 11_1_1-7

2008 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 11_1_1.7
Adults who had an appointment for routine health care in the last 12 months who always got appointments for routine care as soon as wanted, Medicare managed care, by State, 2007
State	Percent	SE
Alabama	64.3	1.5
Arizona	57.1	1.1
Arkansas	62.7	3.1
California	57.2	0.7
Colorado	63.3	1.8
Connecticut	66.9	2.5
Delaware	63.4	10.7
District of Columbia	55.5	4.7
Florida	62.9	0.7
Georgia	63.1	1.9
Hawaii	60.1	2.0
Idaho	57.3	2.3
Illinois	61.1	1.4
Indiana	65.4	1.8
Iowa	56.5	6.3
Kansas	67.9	1.9
Kentucky	62.9	1.8
Louisiana	62.4	1.9
Maine	65.8	2.7
Maryland	57.5	1.8
Massachusetts	68.2	1.6
Michigan	64.7	1.7
Minnesota	64.8	1.5
Missouri	64.1	1.5
Montana	59.4	2.5
Nebraska	66.0	2.2
Nevada	59.3	2.5
New Jersey	64.8	1.6
New Mexico	57.6	1.8
New York	64.6	0.7
North Carolina	66.2	1.9
Ohio	66.4	1.1
Oklahoma	65.2	1.9
Oregon	59.4	1.1
Pennsylvania	65.6	0.7
Puerto Rico	65.5	1.1
Rhode Island	67.7	2.1
Tennessee	65.0	1.6
Texas	61.3	1.0
Utah	56.6	1.7
Virginia	62.4	2.9
Washington	63.8	1.6
West Virginia	69.7	2.7
Wisconsin	66.7	1.4

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 September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 11_1_1-7: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/11_timeliness/T11_1_1-7.html