National Healthcare Disparities Report 2005

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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 wanted^iv	↓	↓			=	↓
Emergency department visits in which the patient left without being seen^v	↓
Patient Centeredness
Adults whose health providers sometimes or never listened carefully, explained things, showed respect, and spent enough time with them^iv	=	↓		↓	=	↓
Children whose health providers sometimes or never listened carefully, explained things, showed respect, and spent enough time with them^iv	=	=			=	↓

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.

Key to Symbols Used in Quality of Health Care Tables:

= Group and comparison group receive about same quality of health care or have similar outcomes.

↑ Group receives better quality of health care than the comparison group or has better outcomes.

↓ Group receives poorer quality of health care than the comparison group or has worse outcomes.

Blank cell: Reliable estimate for group could not be made.

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