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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 16_4_8.1c
Children without problems seeing a specialist they needed to see in the last 12 months, by family income,a United States, 2006
    Total Negative/poor Near poor/low Middle High
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   77.9 1.5 69.5 3.2 78.3 3.2 78.4 2.9 80.3 2.6
Age 0–5 80.0 2.6 78.7 5.4 DSU DSU 84.1 4.0 DSU DSU
6–17 77.0 1.8 64.6 3.8 77.2 3.8 76.0 3.8 81.9 2.7
Gender Male 78.4 1.9 71.6 3.8 75.9 4.2 79.6 3.4 81.5 3.3
Female 77.2 2.2 66.7 5.3 81.3 4.3 77.3 4.7 79.1 3.4
Race White, single race 78.5 1.7 67.7 4.2 77.8 4.0 79.5 3.2 80.9 2.8
Black, single race 76.5 3.0 73.0 5.2 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Asian, single race DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
NHOPI, single race DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
AI/AN, single race DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Multiple races DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 78.4 1.7 70.2 3.8 78.3 3.8 79.4 3.2 80.3 2.6
Non-Hispanic, White 79.2 1.9 DSU DSU 77.1 5.1 80.8 3.3 80.9 2.9
Non-Hispanic, Black 76.9 3.0 73.6 5.3 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Hispanic, all races 74.7 3.1 67.2 6.4 78.2 5.8 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Health insurance Any private 80.5 1.8 DSU DSU 92.4 2.5 81.2 3.3 79.8 2.7
Public only 69.9 2.6 73.4 3.6 67.6 4.7 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Uninsured DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Residence locationb Metropolitan 78.2 1.6 70.0 3.8 79.9 3.2 78.5 3.3 79.9 2.7
  Large central metro 75.4 2.6 70.7 5.3 78.3 4.9 74.1 4.8 77.3 5.2
  Large fringe metro 78.6 3.1 DSU DSU DSU DSU 78.8 6.0 78.5 4.0
  Medium metro 82.9 2.8 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
  Small metro 74.4 6.0 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Nonmetropolitan 75.4 4.6 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
  Micropolitan 71.0 5.4 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
  Noncore DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Language spoken most often at home English 78.6 1.6 70.0 3.6 78.7 3.5 79.3 3.2 81.0 2.6
Other 69.6 5.0 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Perceived health status Excellent/very good/good 78.8 1.5 71.1 3.5 80.4 3.3 78.7 3.0 80.9 2.5
Fair/poor 62.3 5.9 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
CSHCN Yes 75.6 2.2 67.6 4.9 75.0 3.9 77.3 3.6 77.7 3.5
No 80.9 2.0 73.7 4.6 81.3 4.2 80.3 4.5 83.5 3.0

a Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, 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.

DSU - 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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