Table 12_1_7-8

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 12_1_7.8
Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers always showed respect for what they had to say, Medicare fee for service, by State, 2007
State	Percent	SE
Alabama	80.9	1.5
Alaska	78.7	2.3
Arizona	77.3	1.7
Arkansas	80.1	2.1
California	77.8	1.0
Colorado	82.4	2.0
Connecticut	79.2	2.1
Delaware	82.1	2.0
District of Columbia	80.9	2.2
Florida	77.3	1.0
Georgia	76.5	1.5
Hawaii	82.9	2.1
Idaho	78.4	2.4
Indiana	80.5	1.4
Iowa	80.1	2.2
Kansas	83.4	2.1
Kentucky	77.7	1.7
Louisiana	82.2	1.7
Maine	81.7	2.1
Maryland	81.1	1.4
Massachusetts	80.8	1.5
Michigan	79.2	1.2
Minnesota	83.2	2.0
Mississippi	82.7	2.1
Missouri	78.1	1.6
Montana	78.1	2.4
Nebraska	77.9	2.4
Nevada	79.6	2.3
New Hampshire	79.3	2.2
New Jersey	79.5	1.2
New Mexico	77.3	2.3
New York	79.8	1.0
North Carolina	79.5	1.3
North Dakota	78.2	2.5
Ohio	79.6	1.1
Oklahoma	73.6	2.2
Oregon	77.0	2.4
Pennsylvania	80.6	1.1
Puerto Rico	87.6	1.9
Rhode Island	82.6	2.1
South Carolina	84.6	1.5
South Dakota	78.4	2.5
Tennessee	80.5	1.5
Texas	79.7	1.0
Utah	74.3	2.6
Vermont	79.6	2.3
Virgin Islands	87.0	2.0
Virginia	81.3	1.3
Washington	75.3	1.7
West Virginia	79.9	2.1
Wisconsin	80.4	1.5
Wyoming	74.0	2.4

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 12_1_7-8: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/12_patientcenteredness/T12_1_7-8.html