Table 13_2_1-1
2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
2007-2008 | |||||
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Population group | Sample size | Number of visits (in thousands) | Percent | SE | |
Total | 10,712 | 35,321 | 29.4 | 1.2 | |
Age | 0-17 | 805 | 2,733 | 25.3 | 2.5 |
18-44 | 2,846 | 8,278 | 30.4 | 1.6 | |
45-64 | 3,026 | 10,144 | 32.0 | 1.6 | |
65 and over | 4,035 | 14,166 | 27.7 | 1.4 | |
Raceb | White only | 7,853 | 27,040 | 27.7 | 1.4 |
Black only | 2,286 | 7,090 | 36.3 | 2.3 | |
Asian only | 355 | 708 | 31.7 | 4.0 | |
NHOPI | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
AI/AN only | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Multiple races | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Gender | Male | 5,090 | 16,892 | 28.4 | 1.3 |
Female | 5,622 | 18,429 | 30.3 | 1.4 | |
Payment source,c under age 65 | Private | 2,584 | 9,041 | 28.8 | 1.5 |
Public | 2,607 | 7,033 | 33.3 | 1.8 | |
Uninsured | 788 | 2,591 | 28.0 | 2.5 | |
Payment source,c age 65 and over | Medicare and private | 1,681 | 5,895 | 25.4 | 1.8 |
Medicare and Medicaid | 489 | 1,453 | 25.9 | 2.9 | |
Medicare only | 1,666 | 5,946 | 30.4 | 1.9 | |
Location of hospital | Metropolitan | 9,481 | 30,306 | 31.7 | 1.3 |
Nonmetropolitan | 1,231 | 5,015 | 15.2 | 2.4 |
a Based on NHAMCS "visit disposition" data, where disposition includes admission to a hospital, intensive care unit, or critical care unit, or transfer to another facility. Length of visit is defined as time from arrival to time of discharge from emergency department.
b Race data were missing for 15.5% of total visits. Missing race data were imputed. Standard errors for estimates by race were inflated as described in "2007 NAMCS Microdata File Documentation," ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Dataset_Documentation/NAMCS/doc07.pdf.
c Payment source classified by all expected payment sources. Public insurance includes Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance program. No insurance is defined as having only "self-pay" or "no charge/charity" as payment sources.
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; SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.