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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_7.5_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 fee for service, by State, 2010
State	Percent	SE
Alabama	64.5	2.1
Alaska	53.4	3.5
Arizona	58.6	2.0
Arkansas	62.8	3.0
California	63.5	1.0
Colorado	62.5	2.5
Connecticut	63.4	2.4
Delaware	61.2	2.8
District of Columbia	57.9	3.2
Florida	64.9	1.0
Georgia	67.3	1.9
Hawaii	57.3	3.2
Idaho	64.3	3.0
Illinois	63.8	1.4
Indiana	65.4	2.1
Iowa	60.6	3.0
Kansas	63.1	3.1
Kentucky	64.2	2.5
Louisiana	61.6	2.4
Maine	57.5	3.1
Maryland	65.4	1.7
Massachusetts	59.7	1.8
Michigan	65.0	1.5
Minnesota	60.3	3.0
Mississippi	63.5	3.1
Missouri	63.6	2.1
Montana	56.3	3.3
Nebraska	70.4	2.9
Nevada	67.0	2.8
New Hampshire	59.2	3.0
New Jersey	60.2	1.5
New Mexico	53.7	3.2
New York	59.2	1.1
North Carolina	62.3	1.6
North Dakota	60.2	3.5
Ohio	62.9	1.6
Oklahoma	63.2	2.5
Oregon	57.9	3.1
Pennsylvania	62.3	1.5
Puerto Rico	53.3	3.2
Rhode Island	65.2	2.7
South Carolina	66.8	2.1
South Dakota	58.8	3.2
Tennessee	64.2	2.0
Texas	63.6	1.1
Utah	64.0	3.0
Vermont	62.0	2.9
Virgin Islands	56.8	3.7
Virginia	60.5	1.7
Washington	59.7	2.0
West Virginia	62.3	3.1
Wisconsin	61.9	2.3
Wyoming	59.6	3.3

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_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/nhqrdr11/16_facilitators_barriers/T16_4_7_5_1.html