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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 13_2_2.1
Emergency department visits where patients left without being seen, United States, 1997–1998 and 2006–2007
    2006–2007 1997–1998
Population group Percent SE Percent SE
Total   1.84 0.10 1.21 0.10
Age 0–17 1.93 0.19 1.05 0.13
18–44 2.32 0.16 1.62 0.16
45–64 1.68 0.16 1.15 0.18
65 and over 0.59 0.09 DSU DSU
Racea White only 1.01 0.16 0.99 0.09
Black only 2.46 0.51 2.06 0.25
Asian only DSU DSU DSU DSU
AI/AN DSU DSU DSU DSU
Multiple races DSU DSU NA NA
Gender Male 1.73 0.11 1.24 0.13
Female 1.94 0.12 1.19 0.11
Payment source Private 1.32 0.12 0.90 0.10
Medicare 0.64 0.10 DSU DSU
Medicaid 1.83 0.13 1.58 0.20
Uninsured 2.90 0.28 1.98 0.22
Location MSA 2.02 0.12 1.39 0.12
Non-MSA 0.84 0.15 0.65 0.13

a Race excludes multiple-race category in 1997–1998 data.

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

NA - Not applicable.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; 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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