Table 13_2_2-1

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_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
Race^a	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
Gender	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
Location	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.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 13_2_2-1: 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_2-1.html