Discrepancies in employer-sponsored health insurance among Hispanics, blacks, and whites: the effects of sociodemographic and employment factors.
Using a nationally representative sample of employed adults from the 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey (NMES), this research explores differences in the incidence and predictors of employer-sponsored health insurance among Hispanics, blacks, and whites. The data suggest that: 1) whites are most likely, and Hispanics are least likely, to have employer-sponsored medical insurance in their own name, or in the name of another individual; 2) Hispanics are most likely, and whites are least likely, to be completely uninsured; and 3) the factors which increase the odds of receiving employer-sponsored coverage in one's own name are relatively similar across racial groups, though they differ substantially in magnitude.
Institute for Health Policy Research, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611.
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D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015273:Insurance Selection Bias; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*