Table 3-3: Race and Hispanic Ethnicity Categories Used by State Medica

Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Qu

Table 3-3 Race and Hispanic Ethnicity Categories Used by State Medicaid and CHIP Programs

OMB = Office of Management and Budget

^a Source: Palmer, 2004.
^b 37 state applications were available online. Four states provided space to write-in a free-text response, so they are not included in the denominator. Of the remaining 33 states, all applications except one solicited race and ethnicity information with specific category choices.
^c 45 state applications were available online. Seven states provided space to write-in a free-text response, so the categories collected by these states are not included. Of the remaining 38 states, all applications except one solicited race and ethnicity information with specific category choices.
^d Seven of the 19 states also collected data on Not Hispanic or Latino, indicating differences in using the one-question versus two-question format.
^e 18 of the 32 states also collected data on Not Hispanic or Latino, indicating about an equivalent number of states using the one- versus two-question format.
^f 18 of the 35 states also collected data on Not Hispanic or Latino.

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