Disparities in Health Care by Race, Ethnicity, and Language Among the Insured

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Kevin Fiscella · University of Rochester

Mark P. Doescher · University of Washington

Barry G. Saver · University of Washington

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Among insured nonelderly adults, there are appreciable disparities in health-care use by race and Hispanic ethnicity. Ethnic disparities in care are largely explained by differences in English fluency, but racial disparities in care are not explained by commonly used access factors.

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Published in: Medical Care

Volume 40, Issue 1, pp. 52-59

DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200201000-00007

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Disparities in Health Care by Race, Ethnicity, and Language Among the Insured

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