Table 13_2_1-2

2010 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_1.2
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 United States 2001-2007
		2006-2007		2005-2006		2004-2005		2003-2004		2002-2003		2001-2002
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		29.2	1.1	28.4	1.3	27.2	1.3	26.4	1.2	26.9	1.2	25.9	1.2
Age	0-17	23.5	2.5	18.6	2.1	18.4	2.0	18.3	1.9	17.7	2.2	19.4	2.3
	18-44	32.8	1.5	33.9	1.6	30.8	1.6	30.0	1.6	30.3	1.8	28.4	1.6
	45-64	31.2	1.5	29.7	1.7	29.2	1.7	28.0	1.6	28.6	1.6	27.0	1.9
	65 and over	26.7	1.3	26.2	1.7	25.7	1.6	24.7	1.4	25.8	1.3	25.4	1.4
Race	White only	27.3	1.7	26.9	1.4	26.5	1.4	25.5	1.3	25.8	1.2	24.4	1.4
	Black only	36.7	2.4	34.1	1.8	29.9	1.7	30.4	2.2	33.6	2.4	34.5	1.8
	Asian only	28.5	5.0	31.4	3.9	35.2	4.1	37.2	4.7	26.4	4.4	20.8	3.6
	NHOPI	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	29.0	1.2	26.8	1.4	25.7	1.4	25.6	1.3	26.2	1.3	25.0	1.5
Gender	Female	29.5	1.2	29.9	1.4	28.7	1.5	27.1	1.4	27.5	1.3	26.8	1.3
Payment source	Private	28.7	1.3	27.3	1.4	26.5	1.5	26.2	1.3	27.9	1.4	27.3	1.5
	Medicare	27.2	1.4	26.7	1.7	25.4	1.7	24.7	1.5	25.6	1.4	24.8	1.5
	Medicaid	30.5	1.6	28.9	2.0	29.0	2.1	28.2	2.2	27.9	2.2	28.4	2.1
	Uninsured	33.1	2.5	34.1	2.6	32.1	2.5	32.5	2.1	30.1	2.6	25.2	2.5
Location of hospital	Metropolitan	31.4	1.1	30.7	1.3	29.7	1.4	29.3	1.3	30.1	1.3	28.5	1.3
Location of hospital	Nonmetropolitan	14.8	2.3	13.1	2.7	11.4	2.1	10.9	2.2	11.8	2.1	13.7	2.1

^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.

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 February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 13_2_1-2: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/13_timeliness/T13_2_1-2.html