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National Healthcare Disparities Report - LDI Health Economist

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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 />

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