Table 13_2_1-3a

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_1.3a
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,^b United States, 2007-2008
				Single race										Multiple races
		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		29.4	1.2	27.7	1.4	36.3	2.3	31.7	4.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Age	0-17	25.3	2.5	26.1	2.8	25.1	5.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	18-44	30.4	1.6	28.3	1.9	36.0	3.1	41.0	8.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	45-64	32.0	1.6	29.0	1.7	42.9	3.3	26.5	6.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	65 and over	27.7	1.4	26.7	1.7	32.7	2.7	33.1	6.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Female	30.3	1.4	28.6	1.6	36.9	2.8	30.9	5.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	28.4	1.3	26.6	1.6	35.5	2.5	32.5	6.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Payment source,^c under age 65	Private	28.8	1.5	27.1	1.6	37.4	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Public	33.3	1.8	31.2	2.1	39.2	3.4	36.8	8.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	28.0	2.5	25.4	3.1	36.0	4.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Payment source,^c over age 65	Medicare and private	25.4	1.8	24.6	2.1	33.8	5.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and medicaid	25.9	2.9	23.1	3.4	32.5	6.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare only	30.4	1.9	29.7	2.4	33.6	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of hospital	Metropolitan	31.7	1.3	30.1	1.4	38.0	2.1	31.8	3.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of hospital	Nonmetropolitan	15.2	2.4	15.5	2.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^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 13.2% 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.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 13_2_1-3a: 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_1-3a.html