Table 13_2_1-2a

2009 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 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
Gender	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
Residence location	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.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 13_2_1-2a: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/13_timeliness/T13_2_1-2a.html