Table 13_2_2-2a

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_2.2a
Emergency department visits where patients left without being seen, 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		1.84	0.10	1.54	0.14	2.77	0.30	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Age	0–17	1.93	0.19	1.87	0.34	2.27	0.45	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	18–44	2.32	0.16	1.99	0.23	3.21	0.41	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	45–64	1.68	0.16	1.13	0.19	3.22	0.72	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	65 and over	0.59	0.09	0.56	0.13	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	1.73	0.11	1.54	0.16	2.35	0.36	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Female	1.94	0.12	1.54	0.17	3.08	0.39	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Payment source	Private	1.32	0.12	1.01	0.16	2.46	0.51	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare	0.64	0.10	0.52	0.13	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicaid	1.83	0.13	1.63	0.22	2.39	0.36	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	2.90	0.28	2.55	0.40	3.64	0.66	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location	MSA	2.02	0.12	1.71	0.16	2.94	0.32	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location	Non-MSA	0.84	0.15	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

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_2-2a: 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_2-2a.html