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Racial and ethnic differences
Table 2.8b. Socioeconomic Differences in Effectiveness of Care: Respiratory Diseases
| Measure |
Income Differencei |
Educational Differenceii |
Insurance Differenceiii |
| <100% |
100-199% |
200-399% |
<HS |
HS Grad |
Uninsured |
| Influenza Immunizationiv |
| High risk persons 18-64 who received influenza vaccination in the past year |
↓ |
↓ |
↓ |
↓ |
↓ |
↓ |
| People 65 and over who received influenza vaccination in the past year |
↓ |
↓ |
= |
↓ |
↓ |
|
| Pneumococcal Immunizationiv |
| High risk persons 18-64 who ever received pneumococcal vaccination |
↑ |
↑ |
= |
= |
= |
= |
| People 65 and over who ever received pneumococcal vaccination |
↓ |
↓ |
= |
↓ |
↓ |
|
iCompared with persons with family incomes 400% of Federal poverty thresholds or above.
iiCompared with persons with any college education.
iiiCompared with persons under 65 with any private health insurance.
ivSource: National Health Interview Survey, 2001.
Key: NHOPI=Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; AI/AN=American Indian or Alaska Native; HS=high school
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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