Table 11_1_3-8

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_3.8
Adults who needed care right away for an illness, injury, or condition in the last 12 months who always got care as soon as wanted, Medicare fee for service, by State, 2007
State	Percent	SE
Alabama	77.4	2.5
Alaska	67.7	3.6
Arizona	64.2	2.9
Arkansas	68.8	3.7
California	71.8	1.7
Colorado	75.9	3.4
Connecticut	72.0	3.7
Delaware	72.2	3.9
District of Columbia	66.2	4.1
Florida	70.7	1.8
Georgia	66.3	2.5
Hawaii	79.0	3.7
Idaho	68.3	3.9
Indiana	73.5	2.5
Iowa	78.3	3.6
Kansas	75.4	3.8
Kentucky	71.4	2.8
Louisiana	70.8	3.1
Maine	74.8	3.6
Maryland	69.6	2.7
Massachusetts	73.0	2.5
Michigan	74.3	1.9
Minnesota	74.1	3.7
Mississippi	72.8	3.8
Missouri	67.8	2.8
Montana	74.8	3.9
Nebraska	75.2	4.0
Nevada	68.3	3.9
New Hampshire	75.9	3.7
New Jersey	68.9	2.4
New Mexico	65.1	3.9
New York	69.5	1.8
North Carolina	72.1	2.1
North Dakota	70.2	4.2
Ohio	70.4	2.0
Oklahoma	66.3	3.6
Oregon	64.2	4.3
Pennsylvania	73.5	2.0
Puerto Rico	73.6	3.3
Rhode Island	74.5	3.5
South Carolina	73.3	2.7
South Dakota	70.6	4.9
Tennessee	71.9	2.6
Texas	69.5	1.8
Utah	73.4	3.7
Vermont	74.8	3.9
Virgin Islands	63.5	4.1
Virginia	71.2	2.3
Washington	70.7	2.7
West Virginia	64.7	3.8
Wisconsin	72.3	2.6
Wyoming	74.7	3.5

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_3-8: 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_3-8.html