Table 1.141a
Home health care patients who needed urgent, unplanned medical care, United States, 2004 and 2005 |
| Population group |
2005 |
2004 |
| Percent |
Standard error |
Percent |
Standard error |
| Total |
|
21.1 |
0.02 |
21.1 |
0.02 |
| Age |
0-64 |
25.4 |
0.06 |
25.5 |
0.06 |
| 65-74 |
20.2 |
0.04 |
20.2 |
0.04 |
| 75-84 |
20.2 |
0.03 |
20.2 |
0.03 |
| 85 and over |
20.5 |
0.04 |
20.5 |
0.04 |
| Gender |
Male |
22.1 |
0.04 |
22.1 |
0.04 |
| Female |
20.5 |
0.03 |
20.5 |
0.03 |
| Racea |
White only |
20.8 |
0.02 |
20.8 |
0.02 |
| Black only |
24.0 |
0.06 |
24.0 |
0.06 |
| Asian only |
16.4 |
0.16 |
16.4 |
0.17 |
| NHOPI only |
19.1 |
0.48 |
19.1 |
0.51 |
| AI/AN only |
24.6 |
0.33 |
25.1 |
0.33 |
| Multiple races |
21.8 |
0.62 |
23.5 |
0.66 |
| Ethnicitya |
Hispanic, all races |
19.9 |
0.08 |
20.3 |
0.08 |
| Non-Hispanic, White |
20.8 |
0.02 |
20.8 |
0.02 |
| Non-Hispanic, Black |
24.0 |
0.06 |
24.0 |
0.06 |
| Non-Hispanic, other |
18.7 |
0.10 |
19.0 |
0.10 |
a Excludes records with missing values.
Key: NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Outcome and Assessment Information Set.
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