Table 11_2_2-1

2008 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 11_2_2.1
Emergency department visits where patients left without being seen, United States, 1997–1998 and 2005–2006
Population group		2005–2006		1997–1998
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		2.03	0.11	1.21	0.10
Age	0–17	2.19	0.22	1.05	0.13
	18–44	2.61	0.17	1.62	0.16
	45–64	1.63	0.15	1.15	0.18
	65 and over	0.65	0.10	*	*
Race^a	White only	1.79	0.12	0.99	0.09
	Black only	2.85	0.23	2.06	0.25
	Asian only	1.42	0.31	*	*
	AI/AN	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	*	*	NA	NA
Gender	Male	2.00	0.13	1.24	0.13
Gender	Female	2.05	0.14	1.19	0.11
Payment source	Private	1.55	0.13	0.90	0.10
	Medicare	0.78	0.12	*	*
	Medicaid	1.94	0.15	1.58	0.20
	Uninsured	3.09	0.27	1.98	0.22
Location	MSA	2.25	0.13	1.39	0.12
Location	Non-MSA	0.76	0.13	0.65	0.13

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

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

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.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 11_2_2-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/11_timeliness/T11_2_2-1.html