Reduce the proportion of emergency department visits with a longer wait time than recommended — AHS‑09 Data

Status: Little or no detectable change

Most Recent Data:
20.5 percent (2021)

Target:
12.0 percent

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
19.2 percent of persons had an emergency department wait time exceeding that recommended for any category in 2016

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201620172018201920202021

Population	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total	19.2 CI 16.0 / 22.8 SE 1.686	18.5 CI 14.7 / 22.9 SE 1.980	16.9 CI 13.8 / 20.4 SE 1.602	15.7 CI 12.2 / 19.6 SE 1.788	13.1 CI 9.8 / 17.1 SE 1.778	20.5 CI 15.2 / 26.6 SE 2.774

Data Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS), CDC/NCHS

Overall emergency department wait time exceeds recommended time frame by

#: Standard errors and confidence intervals are not available for this population group.

†: Target is not applicable for this demographic group.

DSU: Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

DNA: Data have not been analyzed.

DNC: Data for specific population not collected.

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