Table 13_2_2-2

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_2.2
Emergency department visits where patients left without being seen,^a United States, 1999-2007
		2006-2007		2005-2006		2004-2005		2003-2004		2002-2003		2001-2002		2000-2001		1999-2000
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		1.84	0.10	2.03	0.11	1.97	0.12	1.79	0.12	1.80	0.11	1.70	0.13	1.61	0.12	1.33	0.08
Age	0-17	1.93	0.19	2.19	0.22	2.03	0.22	1.76	0.18	2.01	0.19	1.85	0.21	1.74	0.19	1.20	0.12
	18-44	2.32	0.16	2.61	0.17	2.60	0.18	2.36	0.18	2.26	0.17	2.20	0.20	2.02	0.17	1.75	0.14
	45-64	1.68	0.16	1.63	0.15	1.44	0.13	1.39	0.16	1.35	0.15	1.24	0.13	1.24	0.16	1.29	0.16
	65 and over	0.59	0.09	0.65	0.10	0.75	0.11	0.78	0.13	0.74	0.11	0.62	0.10	0.62	0.12	DSU	DSU
Race^b	White only	1.01	0.16	1.79	0.12	1.82	0.13	1.59	0.12	1.58	0.12	1.42	0.11	1.37	0.11	DNA	DNA
	Black only	2.46	0.51	2.85	0.23	2.53	0.23	2.48	0.24	2.55	0.21	2.69	0.32	2.40	0.31	DNA	DNA
	Asian only	DSU	DSU	1.42	0.31	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	1.56	0.32	DSU	DSU	DNA	DNA
	NHOPI	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DNA	DNA
	AI/AN	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DNA	DNA
	Multiple races	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DNA	DNA
Gender	Male	1.73	0.11	2.00	0.13	1.97	0.14	1.77	0.14	1.74	0.13	1.65	0.12	1.69	0.13	1.29	0.10
Gender	Female	1.94	0.12	2.05	0.14	1.96	0.14	1.81	0.13	1.86	0.14	1.75	0.17	1.53	0.15	1.37	0.11
Payment source	Private	1.32	0.12	1.55	0.13	1.50	0.13	1.21	0.10	1.15	0.09	1.11	0.08	1.05	0.10	0.97	0.10
	Medicare	0.64	0.10	0.78	0.12	0.92	0.13	0.90	0.13	0.92	0.11	0.79	0.12	0.67	0.12	0.57	0.12
	Medicaid	1.83	0.13	1.94	0.15	1.84	0.17	1.93	0.19	2.07	0.18	2.11	0.22	1.90	0.25	1.75	0.19
	Uninsured	2.90	0.28	3.09	0.27	3.05	0.28	2.82	0.30	3.06	0.36	2.87	0.38	2.93	0.30	2.10	0.18
Location of hospital	Metropolitan	2.02	0.12	2.25	0.13	2.17	0.13	1.97	0.14	2.02	0.13	1.92	0.15	1.75	0.14	1.55	0.10
Location of hospital	Nonmetropolitan	0.84	0.15	0.76	0.13	0.71	0.16	0.87	0.18	0.86	0.17	0.73	0.12	1.04	0.18	0.67	0.11

^a Population used for rate calculation is U.S. Census Bureau estimated civilian noninstitutional population on July 1 of each year.

^b Race data had missing values each year.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

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.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 13_2_2-2: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/13_timeliness/T13_2_2-2.html