PMID: 15227813Jul 2, 2004Paper

Access to health care among Hispanic/Latino children: United States, 1998-2001

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Gulnur Scott, Hanyu Ni

Abstract

This report presents national estimates on access to health care for five subgroups of Hispanic/Latino children in the United States: Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, and other Hispanic. For comparison, estimates are also presented for non-Hispanic white children. Data for persons of all ages in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population are collected each year in the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), which is conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics. Each year, data are collected for approximately 100,000 persons in 40,000 households. In the 1998-2001 surveys combined, 53,510 interviews (14,284 Hispanic/Latino children) were completed by knowledgeable adults for a subsample of children under age 18 years, with an overall response rate of 80.2%. Each year, an estimated 3.0 million (25.7%) Hispanic/Latino children lacked health insurance coverage at the time of interview, 1.6 million (14.1%) had no usual place to go for health care during the past year, and 1.4 million (17.6%) experienced unmet health care needs during the past year due to cost. Of the five Hispanic/Latino subgroups, Mexican children were most likely (30.4%) to lack ...Continue Reading

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