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. 2020 Jun 25;7:300. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2020.00300

Table 5.

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

Rate* Trend p-value p
Outcome Race/ethnicity 2005 2016 2005–2016 trend Racial/ethnic difference in trend
Hospital Admission White 0.159 0.111 −30.01% <0.001 Reference
Black 0.157 0.090 −42.48% <0.001 <0.001
Hispanic 0.149 0.092 −38.10% <0.001 <0.001
Asian 0.181 0.113 −37.41% <0.001 <0.001
Other 0.158 0.102 −35.09% <0.001 <0.001
ICU Admission White 0.016 0.011 −30.57% <0.001 Reference
Black 0.020 0.008 −57.79% <0.001 <0.001
Hispanic 0.015 0.009 −43.71% <0.001 <0.001
Asian 0.014 0.013 −6.47% <0.001 <0.001
Other 0.018 0.012 −32.39% <0.001 0.0035
Death White 0.003 0.002 −33.33% <0.001 Reference
Black 0.004 0.002 −37.84% <0.001 <0.001
Hispanic 0.002 0.002 10.53% <0.001 <0.001
Asian 0.002 0.007 250.00% <0.001 <0.001
Other 0.002 0.001 −62.50% <0.001 <0.001
Blood test White 0.444 0.482 8.61% <0.001 Reference
Black 0.451 0.465 3.11% <0.001 <0.001
Hispanic 0.470 0.508 8.02% <0.001 <0.001
Asian 0.489 0.526 7.60% <0.001 <0.001
Other 0.461 0.440 −4.53% <0.001 <0.001
Any imaging White 0.486 0.522 7.36% <0.001 Reference
Black 0.456 0.477 4.54% <0.001 <0.001
Hispanic 0.458 0.531 16.11% <0.001 <0.001
Asian 0.472 0.507 7.41% <0.001 <0.001
Other 0.421 0.495 17.59% <0.001 <0.001
Procedure White 0.603 0.519 −13.87% <0.001 Reference
Black 0.588 0.503 −14.41% <0.001 <0.001
Hispanic 0.646 0.546 −15.59% <0.001 <0.001
Asian 0.694 0.543 −21.71% <0.001 <0.001
Other 0.566 0.524 −7.53% <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.