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2011 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.

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Adults who had an appointment for routine health care in the last 12 months who sometimes or never got appointments for routine care as soon as wanted, Medicare fee for service, by State, 2010
State	Percent	SE
Alabama	9.6	1.1
Alaska	13.6	1.8
Arizona	11.1	1.1
Arkansas	14.7	1.7
California	10.6	0.6
Colorado	11.8	1.4
Connecticut	12.0	1.4
Delaware	11.9	1.6
District of Columbia	13.7	1.9
Florida	10.4	0.6
Georgia	12.1	1.1
Hawaii	14.8	1.9
Idaho	9.6	1.5
Illinois	11.7	0.8
Indiana	11.9	1.1
Iowa	13.4	1.7
Kansas	11.5	1.6
Kentucky	14.2	1.4
Louisiana	15.1	1.5
Maine	9.3	1.5
Maryland	9.6	0.9
Massachusetts	9.2	0.9
Michigan	11.6	0.8
Minnesota	11.3	1.6
Mississippi	14.3	1.8
Missouri	13.6	1.2
Montana	14.7	1.9
Nebraska	9.4	1.5
Nevada	12.2	1.7
New Hampshire	11.4	1.7
New Jersey	10.6	0.8
New Mexico	12.2	1.7
New York	10.3	0.6
North Carolina	10.1	0.8
North Dakota	12.2	1.7
Ohio	12.0	0.9
Oklahoma	11.0	1.3
Oregon	8.3	1.4
Pennsylvania	11.2	0.8
Puerto Rico	14.4	2.1
Rhode Island	10.0	1.5
South Carolina	11.9	1.2
South Dakota	12.0	1.7
Tennessee	10.5	1.1
Texas	12.5	0.6
Utah	13.9	1.8
Vermont	10.6	1.5
Virgin Islands	28.2	2.5
Virginia	10.8	0.9
Washington	10.8	1.1
West Virginia	16.2	1.9
Wisconsin	10.8	1.2
Wyoming	13.5	1.8

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, National CAHPS Benchmarking Database.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: T13_1_1_5_1: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/13_timeliness/T13_1_1_5_1.html