T13_2_1_1_2a

2011 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_1.1_2a
Emergency department visits triaged as immediate or emergent at which patients waited to see a physician for 1 hour or more, per 10,000 population, by race,^a United States, 2008-2009
		Total		White		Black
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		16.6	1.6	15.7	1.8	20.6	2.2
Age	0-17	14.0	2.2	13.0	2.6	DSU	DSU
	18-44	20.0	2.4	18.8	2.6	23.9	3.5
	45-64	17.0	2.1	16.3	2.4	20.7	3.4
	65 and over	13.4	1.5	13.1	1.6	DSU	DSU
Gender	Female	17.6	1.8	16.4	2.0	21.8	2.7
Gender	Male	15.5	1.6	15.0	1.9	19.2	2.5

^a. Race data were missing for 11.2 percent of visits triaged immediate or emergent. Missing race data were singly imputed.

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.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: T13_2_1_1_2a: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/13_timeliness/T13_2_1_1_2a.html