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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 13_2_1.2a
Emergency department (ED) visits in which patient was admitted to the hospital or transferred to another facility whose ED visit was 6 hours or more,a by race, United States, 2006–2007
        Single race    
    Total White Black Asian NHOPI AI/AN Multiple races
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   29.2 1.1 27.3 1.7 36.7 2.4 28.5 5.0 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Age 0–17 23.5 2.5 21.7 3.4 32.6 8.2 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
18–44 32.8 1.5 30.9 2.5 37.8 3.7 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
45–64 31.2 1.5 28.8 2.4 38.9 3.6 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
65 and over 26.7 1.3 25.5 2.1 33.8 4.4 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Gender Male 29.0 1.2 26.9 1.9 37.7 3.3 31.2 6.8 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Female 29.5 1.2 27.8 2.0 35.9 3.2 26.0 6.7 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Payment source Private 28.7 1.3 26.7 2.0 37.8 4.5 27.4 7.0 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Medicare 27.2 1.4 26.3 2.2 34.1 4.1 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Medicaid 30.5 1.6 28.2 3.0 36.4 3.8 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Uninsured 33.1 2.5 30.3 3.7 40.1 6.6 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Residence location MSA 31.4 1.1 29.7 1.8 37.6 2.5 29.1 5.0 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Non-MSA 14.8 2.3 14.5 3.5 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU

a The NHAMCS ED question is "Visit Disposition," where disposition is admit to hospital, admit to intensive care unit or critical care unit, or transfer to other facility.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; MSA: metropolitan statistical area; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.

 

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