National Healthcare Disparities Report 2004: Table 3.2

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Racial and ethnic differences

Table 3. 2a. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Getting Care Within the Health Care System

Measure	Racial Differenceⁱ					Ethnic Differenceⁱⁱ
Measure	Black	Asian	NHOPI	AI/AN	>1 Race	Hispanic
Difficulty Getting Careⁱⁱⁱ
People with provider who has office hours nights or weekends	=	=iii		↓		=
People with difficulty getting appointments on short notice	↑	=iii		=		↓
People with difficulty contacting provider over the telephone	↑	=iii		↓		↓
Adults without problems getting referral to a specialist in past year	=	↓iii				↓
People not very satisfied with professional staff at provider's office	=	↓iii		↓		↓
People who usually wait over 30 minutes before seeing provider	↓	=iii		=		↓

Table 3.2b. Socioeconomic Differences in Getting Care Within the Health Care System

Measure	Income Difference^vi			Educational Difference^v		Insurance Difference^vi
Measure	<100%	100-199%	200-399%	<HS	HS Grad	Uninsured
Difficulty Getting Careⁱⁱⁱ
People with provider who has office hours nights or weekends	↓	↓	=	=	=	↓
People with difficulty getting appointments on short notice	=	=	=	↑	↑	=
People with difficulty contacting provider over the telephone	=	=	=	=	=	=
Adults without problems getting referral to a specialist in past year	↓	↓	=	↓	=	↓
People not very satisfied with professional staff at provider's office	=	=	=	=	=	=
People who usually wait over 30 minutes before seeing provider	↓	↓	↓	↓	=	↓

ⁱCompared with whites.
ⁱⁱCompared with non-Hispanic whites.
ⁱⁱⁱSource:Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2001. This source did not collect information on Asians and NHOPIs separately but in aggregate as Asian or Pacific Islander. This source did not collect information for >1 race.
^ivCompared with persons with family incomes 400% of Federal poverty thresholds or above.
^vCompared with persons with any college education.
^viCompared with persons under 65 with any private health insurance.
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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