Here is a ranking by state of average patient satisfaction scores from Medicare patients receiving managed care, from most satisfied to least satisfied, according to information from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's DataHub.
Data comes from state health access data assistance center analysis of 2009 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
1. Maine — 68.8 percent
2. Wisconsin — 66.5 percent
3. Minnesota — 65.4 percent
4. District of Columbia — 63 percent
5. Rhode Island — 62.6 percent
6. Massachusetts — 62.5 percent
7. Washington — 62.1 percent
7. Iowa — 62.1 percent
7. Kansas — 62.1 percent
10. Louisiana — 61.9 percent
11. Idaho — 61.3 percent
12. Pennsylvania — 60.8 percent
13. Virginia — 60.6 percent
14. Michigan — 60.5 percent
14. Oregon — 60.5 percent
16. Tennessee — 60.3 percent
17. Colorado — 59.9 percent
18. Ohio — 59.8 percent
19. Missouri — 59.6 percent
20. Hawaii — 59.3 percent
21. Nebraska — 59.3 percent
22. North Carolina — 59.1 percent
23. Connecticut — 59 percent
24. West Virginia — 58.8 percent
24. Indiana — 58.8 percent
26. California — 58.6 percent
27. Illinois — 58.4 percent
28. Utah — 56.9 percent
29. Alabama — 56.5 percent
30. Kentucky — 55.6 percent
31. Georgia — 55.3 percent
32. Oklahoma — 55.1 percent
33. Florida — 54.5 percent
33. New Mexico — 54.5 percent
35. Texas — 54.4 percent
36. New York — 53.8 percent
37. Maryland — 51.7 percent
38. Arizona — 51.6 percent
39. New Jersey — 50.9 percent
40. Mississippi — 49.4 percent
41. Nevada — 48.4 percent
42. Arkansas — 47.8 percent
43. South Carolina — 47 percent
Note: Data was not available for Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming and nationwide.
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