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National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2007

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Table 226c
Children without problems getting referral to a specialist in past year, by family income,a United States, 2004
Population group Total Negative/poor  Near poor/low Middle High
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   76.7 1.6 73.5 3.7 71.7 3.6 73.9 3.1 83.2 2.4
Age 0-5 79.0 2.8 80.7 5.1 70.7 5.5 * * * *
6-17 75.8 1.9 70.2 4.2 72.3 4.5 71.8 3.4 83.4 2.9
Gender Male 75.4 2.1 70.7 5.5 70.6 4.2 72.4 4.0 82.4 3.3
Female 78.2 2.0 77.3 4.2 73.0 4.6 75.4 4.0 84.1 3.0
Race White, single race 77.5 1.8 77.7 4.8 72.3 4.1 73.5 3.5 83.2 2.6
Black, single race 74.6 4.1 68.2 6.5 * * * * * *
Asian, single race * * * * * * * * * *
NHOPI, single race * * * * * * * * * *
AI/AN, single race * * * * * * * * * *
Multiple races * * * * * * * * * *
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 77.3 1.7 72.8 4.4 71.8 4.3 74.6 3.2 83.6 2.6
Non-Hispanic, White 78.1 2.0 78.1 6.3 72.6 5.1 73.9 3.6 83.6 2.8
Non-Hispanic, Black 75.3 4.1 * * * * * * * *
Hispanic, all races 72.8 3.8 75.9 4.7 71.5 5.7 * * * *
Health insurance Any private 79.3 1.8 * * 76.2 5.2 74.6 3.3 83.8 2.4
Public only 71.0 3.0 73.7 4.4 66.0 4.8 * * * *
Uninsured * * * * * * * * * *
Residence locationb Metropolitan-large 72.9 2.4 67.7 5.4 69.7 4.9 65.5 5.1 81.8 3.2
Metropolitan-small 84.1 2.4 * * * * 85.3 3.2 87.6 3.3
Micropolitan 77.5 4.2 * * * * * * * *
Noncore * * * * * * * * * *
CSHCN Yes 73.3 2.5 69.0 5.7 70.0 5.7 70.3 4.5 80.9 4.0
No 79.3 1.9 79.5 3.8 73.0 4.2 76.6 3.4 84.4 2.8
Language spoken most often at home English 76.9 1.7 74.2 4.2 71.3 4.1 73.5 3.3 83.5 2.5
Other 73.7 3.9 * * * * * * * *

a Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.

b For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

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

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other  Pacific Islander; CSHCN: children with special health care needs; SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

 

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