Table 11_1_1-8

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_1.8
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 fee for service, by State, 2007
State	Percent	SE
Alabama	67.1	1.8
Alaska	61.0	2.6
Arizona	55.3	2.0
Arkansas	65.7	2.5
California	60.0	1.1
Colorado	62.4	2.4
Connecticut	66.6	2.3
Delaware	67.5	2.5
District of Columbia	55.6	2.7
Florida	62.3	1.2
Georgia	59.3	1.7
Hawaii	67.1	2.7
Idaho	57.6	2.8
Indiana	61.4	1.8
Iowa	61.1	2.7
Kansas	61.2	2.7
Kentucky	61.2	2.0
Louisiana	57.9	2.2
Maine	59.9	2.6
Maryland	61.7	1.8
Massachusetts	62.1	1.8
Michigan	61.3	1.4
Minnesota	62.1	2.6
Mississippi	57.4	2.7
Missouri	62.1	1.8
Montana	58.4	2.8
Nebraska	61.7	2.8
Nevada	59.9	2.7
New Hampshire	60.8	2.7
New Jersey	60.0	1.5
New Mexico	54.1	2.7
New York	63.7	1.2
North Carolina	65.3	1.5
North Dakota	51.1	2.8
Ohio	61.8	1.3
Oklahoma	56.7	2.4
Oregon	56.1	2.8
Pennsylvania	64.9	1.3
Puerto Rico	62.4	2.9
Rhode Island	63.9	2.7
South Carolina	65.7	1.9
South Dakota	56.7	2.9
Tennessee	60.3	1.8
Texas	60.3	1.2
Utah	62.2	2.8
Vermont	61.1	2.7
Virgin Islands	59.1	3.0
Virginia	60.5	1.6
Washington	60.6	1.9
West Virginia	60.8	2.6
Wisconsin	62.6	1.8
Wyoming	57.2	2.7

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_1-8: 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_1-8.html