Table 13_2_2-3a

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_2.3a
Emergency department visits where patients left without being seen,^a by race,^b United States, 2007-2008
				Single race
		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		2.7	0.2	2.3	0.2	3.9	0.3	1.8	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Age	0-17	2.7	0.2	2.7	0.3	2.9	0.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	18-44	3.4	0.2	2.9	0.3	5.0	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	45-64	2.6	0.2	2.1	0.3	3.9	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	65 and over	0.7	0.1	0.7	0.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	2.7	0.2	2.4	0.2	4.0	0.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Female	2.6	0.2	2.3	0.2	3.8	0.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Payment source,^c under age 65	Private	1.9	0.1	1.6	0.2	2.8	0.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Public	2.9	0.2	2.6	0.3	4.0	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	4.6	0.4	4.0	0.4	6.0	0.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Payment source,^c over age 65	Medicare and Private	0.6	0.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and Medicaid	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare only	0.6	0.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of hospital	Metropolitan	2.9	0.2	2.6	0.2	4.1	0.3	1.9	0.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of hospital	Nonmetropolitan	1.3	0.2	1.2	0.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^a Population used for rate calculation is U.S. Census Bureau estimated civilian noninstitutional population on July 1, 2007, and July 1, 2008.

^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.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 13_2_2-3a: 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_2-3a.html