National Healthcare Disparities Report - LDI Health Economist
National Healthcare Disparities Report - LDI Health Economist
National Healthcare Disparities Report - LDI Health Economist
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
Timeliness<br />
Figure 4.2. Children who needed care right away for an illness, injury, or condition in the last 12 months<br />
who sometimes or never got care as soon as wanted, by ethnicity and income, 2002-2008<br />
16<br />
Non-Hispanic White<br />
Hispanic<br />
Non-Hispanic Black<br />
16<br />
Poor<br />
Low Income<br />
Middle Income<br />
High Income<br />
14<br />
14<br />
12<br />
12<br />
10<br />
10<br />
Percent<br />
8<br />
6<br />
Percent<br />
8<br />
6<br />
Chapter 4<br />
4<br />
4<br />
2<br />
2<br />
0<br />
2002<br />
2003<br />
2004<br />
2005<br />
2006<br />
2007<br />
2008<br />
0<br />
2002<br />
2003<br />
2004<br />
2005<br />
2006<br />
2007<br />
2008<br />
Source: Agency for <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2002-2008.<br />
Denominator: Civilian noninstitutionalized population under age 18.<br />
Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. The 2007 data for high-income people did not meet criteria for statistical reliability, data<br />
quality, or confidentiality.<br />
n From 2002 to 2008, the percentage of children from high-income families who did not receive care<br />
as soon as wanted was significantly lower than the percentage of children from poor families in 5 of<br />
6 years (Figure 6.2). The percentage for high-income children was lower than for low-income<br />
children in 4 of 6 years.<br />
n During this period, there was no statistically significant change in the gap between non-Hispanic<br />
White children and Hispanic children who did not receive care as soon as wanted. The gap between<br />
non-Hispanic White children and non-Hispanic Black children also did not change.<br />
Also, in the NHQR:<br />
n From 2002 to 2008, there was no statistically significant change in the gap between children living<br />
in large central metropolitan areas who did not receive care as soon as wanted and children in all<br />
other geographic areas.<br />
Emergency Department Visit Waiting Times<br />
n In 2008, an estimated 123.8 million visits were made to hospital EDs compared with 116.8 million<br />
visits in 2007 (NHAMCS: 2008 Emergency Department Tables; Niska, et al., 2010).<br />
n The median waiting time for patients to be seen by a physician during an ED visit in the United<br />
States was 35 minutes (NHAMCS: 2008 Emergency Department Tables).<br />
<strong>National</strong> <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> <strong>Disparities</strong> <strong>Report</strong>, 2011<br />
157