Table 5.

Race/ethnicity-specific rates of disposition outcome and medical resources utilization: NHAMCS 2005–2016.

		Rate*		Trend	p	p†
Outcome	Race/ethnicity	2005	2016	2005–2016	trend	Race/ethnic difference in trend
Hospital Admission	White	0.0564	0.044	−21.99%	<0.001
	Black	0.0462	0.0302	−34.63%	<0.001	<0.001
	Hispanic	0.0523	0.0339	−35.18%	<0.001	<0.001
	Asian	0.0686	0.0364	−46.94%	<0.001	<0.001
	Other	0.0652	0.0523	−19.79%	<0.001	<0.001
ICU Admission	White	0.0043	0.0013	−69.77%	<0.001
	Black	0.0037	0.0014	−62.16%	<0.001	<0.001
	Hispanic	0.0026	0.0031	19.23%	<0.001	<0.001
	Asian	0.0167	0.0015	−91.02%	<0.001	<0.001
	Other	–	0.0025		<0.001	<0.001
Blood test	White	0.1836	0.1647	−10.29%	<0.001
	Black	0.1635	0.1378	−15.72%	<0.001	<0.001
	Hispanic	0.1867	0.1618	−13.34%	<0.001	<0.001
	Asian	0.2063	0.1431	−30.63%	<0.001	<0.001
	Other	0.1924	0.1633	−15.12%	<0.001	<0.001
Any Imaging	White	0.3387	0.3224	−4.81%	<0.001
	Black	0.2935	0.2844	−3.10%	<0.001	<0.001
	Hispanic	0.2806	0.2941	4.81%	<0.001	<0.001
	Asian	0.3048	0.3275	7.45%	<0.001	<0.001
	Other	0.3902	0.2161	−44.62%	<0.001	<0.001
Procedure	White	0.4298	0.4362	1.49%	<0.001
	Black	0.3998	0.4272	6.85%	<0.001	<0.001
	Hispanic	0.4099	0.4114	0.37%	<0.001	<0.001
	Asian	0.4432	0.4723	6.57%	<0.001	<0.001
	Other	0.3369	0.4988	48.06%	<0.001	<0.001

^*Predicted rate and trend were derived from a model using data over the time period, modeling time as a linear trend.

^†From the time by Race/ethnicity interaction in the Poisson regression model.