Table 12_1_5-7

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 12_1_5.7
Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers always explained things in a way they could understand, Medicare managed care, by State, 2007
State	Percent	SE
Alabama	75.9	1.3
Arizona	73.1	1.0
Arkansas	75.2	2.6
California	72.2	0.6
Colorado	74.6	1.7
Connecticut	78.0	2.1
Delaware	63.0	9.4
District of Columbia	79.8	3.7
Florida	72.5	0.6
Georgia	75.7	1.7
Hawaii	76.3	1.6
Idaho	74.2	2.0
Illinois	75.0	1.2
Indiana	78.9	1.5
Iowa	62.0	5.9
Kansas	74.4	1.8
Kentucky	73.7	1.6
Louisiana	79.4	1.5
Maine	79.9	2.1
Maryland	73.7	1.6
Massachusetts	74.9	1.4
Michigan	73.3	1.5
Minnesota	72.8	1.4
Missouri	71.7	1.3
Montana	79.9	2.1
Nebraska	73.7	2.1
Nevada	66.8	2.3
New Jersey	73.5	1.4
New Mexico	74.3	1.6
New York	73.5	0.6
North Carolina	77.2	1.6
Ohio	71.6	1.0
Oklahoma	71.7	1.7
Oregon	72.7	1.0
Pennsylvania	77.2	0.6
Puerto Rico	76.9	0.9
Rhode Island	80.0	1.7
Tennessee	75.6	1.3
Texas	74.3	0.9
Utah	72.0	1.5
Virginia	73.4	2.6
Washington	74.0	1.4
West Virginia	79.2	2.2
Wisconsin	77.1	1.2

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 12_1_5-7: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/12_patientcenteredness/T12_1_5-7.html