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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.

Table 16_4_7.4_1
Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months who could always get an appointment with a specialist, Medicare managed care, by State, 2010
State	Percent	SE
Alabama	67.3	1.3
Arizona	57.9	0.9
Arkansas	59.0	2.5
California	59.8	0.6
Colorado	63.2	1.3
Connecticut	65.5	1.5
Delaware	67.7	2.5
District of Columbia	61.0	5.7
Florida	65.0	0.6
Georgia	65.0	1.4
Hawaii	60.9	1.7
Idaho	66.2	2.0
Illinois	63.2	1.4
Indiana	67.9	1.4
Iowa	64.2	2.2
Kansas	65.7	2.9
Kentucky	61.3	1.7
Louisiana	65.0	1.4
Maine	67.2	1.8
Maryland	58.8	2.1
Massachusetts	62.1	1.2
Michigan	67.5	1.5
Minnesota	61.8	1.2
Mississippi	62.9	3.5
Missouri	67.5	1.3
Montana	62.8	3.7
Nebraska	68.8	2.3
Nevada	54.7	1.6
New Jersey	61.2	1.4
New Mexico	52.2	1.9
New York	61.6	0.6
North Carolina	66.9	1.5
Ohio	64.3	0.9
Oklahoma	60.3	1.9
Oregon	60.0	1.1
Pennsylvania	62.4	0.8
Puerto Rico	55.7	0.9
Rhode Island	63.0	1.9
South Carolina	63.3	2.2
Tennessee	67.1	1.2
Texas	62.8	0.8
Utah	63.4	1.7
Vermont	60.0	9.8
Virginia	64.2	2.0
Washington	63.9	1.3
West Virginia	61.8	3.2
Wisconsin	66.4	1.3

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: T16_4_7_4_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/nhqrdr11/16_facilitators_barriers/T16_4_7_4_1.html