Table T4_2_1_1-1_2b

2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

This appendix provides detailed data tables for all measures analyzed for the 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Tables are included for measures discussed in the main text of the reports as well as for other measures that were examined but not included in the main text.

Table 4_2_1_1.1_2b
Emergency department visits triaged as immediate or emergent at which patients waited to see a physician for 1 hour or more, by ethnicity,^a United States, 2008–2009
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		21.5	1.1	20.9	1.2	18.4	1.1	28.5	2.1	26.0	2.6
Age	0–17	17.6	2.7	15.7	2.7	13.2	2.7	23.6	4.1	25.2	5.1
	18–44	24.7	1.6	23.7	1.6	20.8	1.6	30.4	3.4	30.4	3.7
	45–64	22.8	1.7	22.8	1.8	20.5	1.8	29.3	3.5	DSU	DSU
	65 and over	18.6	1.6	18.5	1.6	16.5	1.5	27.4	4.4	DSU	DSU
Gender	Female	22.6	1.2	21.6	1.3	18.9	1.3	29.3	2.1	31.3	3.5
Gender	Male	20.3	1.3	20.2	1.4	17.8	1.3	27.5	2.9	20.8	2.8

^a Ethnicity data have missing values each year that are imputed. See dataset documentation available at http://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Dataset_Documentation/NHAMCS for details

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.

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Internet Citation: Table T4_2_1_1-1_2b: 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. June 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr12/4_timeliness/T4_2_1_1-1_2b.html