2011 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports: Data Tables Appendix, Table 13_2_1.2

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2011 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports
Data Tables Appendix

Table 13_2_1.2_1
Emergency department visits triaged as urgent at which patients waited to see a physician for 1 hour or more, per 10,000 population, United States, 2008-2009
Population group		Number of visits (in thousands)	Rate	SE
Total		21,564	30.7	1.4
Age	0-17	4,543	28.9	2.1
	18-44	8,611	32.9	1.8
	45-64	4,733	32.0	1.7
	65 and over	3,677	26.2	1.9
Gender	Female	12,150	31.9	1.6
Gender	Male	9,414	29.2	1.5
Race^a	White	15,546	29.3	1.4
Race^a	Black	4,849	35.8	2.7
Ethnicityx	Non-Hispanic, all races	18,343	30.2	1.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	13,108	28.8	1.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	4,538	35.2	2.6
	Hispanic, all races	3,221	33.6	2.6
Location	Metropolitan	18,065	32.8	1.6
Location	Nonmetropolitan	3,499	20.1	2.8
Payment source, age under 65^b	Private	7,871	28.4	1.8
	Public	5,394	33.3	1.8
	Uninsured	2,875	34.6	2.5
Payment source, age 65 and over	Medicare and private	1,677	26.5	2.7
	Medicare and Medicaid	428	25.6	4.6
	Medicare only	1,384	24.4	2.6

^a. Race data were missing for 12.4 percent of visits triaged urgent. Missing race data were singly imputed.

^b. 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.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.