Emergency department visits where the patient was seen by an intern/resident only, by racea, United States, 2001-2002 |
Population group | Total | Single race | Multiple races | ||||||||||||
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White | Black | Asian | NHOPI | AI/AN | |||||||||||
Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 2.1 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Age | 0-17 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 0.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
18-44 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 0.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
45-64 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 0.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
65 and over | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 3.4 | 0.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Gender | Female | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Male | 2.2 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 5.4 | 1.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Payment source | Private | 1.6 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 0.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Medicare | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 0.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Medicaid | 2.6 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 4.6 | 1.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Uninsured | 3.7 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 0.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Unknown | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 0.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Location | MSA | 2.3 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 4.5 | 1.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Non-MSA | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 2.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
a Total percent is the percent of all emergency department visits where the only provider type seen was a resident or intern.
* Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
Key: NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; MSA: Metropolitan Statistical Area; SE: Standard error.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.