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National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2004

Figure 3.6b

Adults without problems getting referral to a specialist in the past year by race and ethnicity stratified by income, 2001.

Bar chart. By ethnicity and income: nonhispanic white poor, 70 percent, hispanic poor, 62 percent; nonhispanic white near poor, 80 percent, hispanic near poor, 57 percent; nonhispanic white high income, 83 percent, hispanic high income, 65 percent.

Source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2001.

Reference population: Civilian, noninstitutionalized people age 18 and over.

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