Table 2.3a. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Timeliness and Patient Centeredness

Core Report Measure	Racial Differencei					Ethnic Differenceii
	Black	Asianiii	NHOPIiii	AI/AN	>1 Race	Hispanic
Timeliness
Adults who sometimes or never can get care for illness or injury as soon as wantediv	↓	↓			=	↓
Emergency department visits in which the patient left without being seenv	↓
Patient Centeredness
Adults whose health providers sometimes or never listened carefully, explained things, showed respect, and spent enough time with themiv	=	↓		↓	=	↓
Children whose health providers sometimes or never listened carefully, explained things, showed respect, and spent enough time with themiv	=	=			=	↓

ⁱ Compared with Whites.

ⁱⁱ Compared with non-Hispanic Whites.

ⁱⁱⁱ Findings are presented separately for Asians and NHOPIs whenever possible. However, some data sources collected data for Asians and Pacific Islanders (APIs) as a single population; in these cases, the Asian and NHOPI cells are merged into a single cell representing APIs.

^iv Source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2002. This source did not collect information for >1 race.

^v Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey – Emergency Department, 2001-2002. Missing rates preclude analysis by ethnicity.

Key: NHOPI = Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; AI/AN = American Indian or Alaska Native.

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