Table 11_2_2-2

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_2.2
Emergency department visits where patients left without being seen, by race, United States, 2005–2006
Population group		Total		Single race										Multiple races
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		2.03	0.11	1.79	0.12	2.85	0.23	1.42	0.31	*	*	*	*	*	*
Age	0–17	2.19	0.22	2.24	0.30	2.23	0.29	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	18–44	2.61	0.17	2.29	0.17	3.54	0.36	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	45–64	1.63	0.15	1.22	0.13	2.95	0.55	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	65 and over	0.65	0.10	0.59	0.11	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	2.00	0.13	1.84	0.14	2.62	0.29	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Female	2.05	0.14	1.74	0.14	3.04	0.31	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Payment source	Private	1.55	0.13	1.26	0.14	2.79	0.40	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare	0.78	0.12	0.64	0.13	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicaid	1.94	0.15	1.95	0.20	2.10	0.22	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Uninsured	3.09	0.27	2.78	0.28	3.88	0.54	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location	MSA	2.25	0.13	2.03	0.14	3.00	0.25	1.42	0.32	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location	Non-MSA	0.76	0.13	0.64	0.15	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

* - 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.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 11_2_2-2: 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_2-2.html