Perceived Discrimination and Increased Odds of Unmet Medical Needs Among US Children
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2021
Journal / Book Title
International Journal of Health Services
Abstract
Our study examines the association between perceived discrimination due to race and unmet medical needs among a nationally representative sample of children in the United States. We used data from the 2016-2017 National Survey of Children's Health, a population-based cross-sectional survey of randomly selected parents or guardians in the United States. We compared results from the coarsened exact matching (CEM) method and survey-weighted logistic regression to assess the robustness of the results. Using self-reported measures from caregivers, we find that ∼2.7% of US children have experienced racial discrimination with prevalence varying significantly by race. While
DOI
10.1177/0020731421997087
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Liu, Sze Yan; Pabayo, Roman; and Muennig, Peter, "Perceived Discrimination and Increased Odds of Unmet Medical Needs Among US Children" (2021). Department of Public Health Scholarship and Creative Works. 152.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/public-health-facpubs/152
Published Citation
Liu SY, Pabayo R, Muennig P. Perceived Discrimination and Increased Odds of Unmet Medical Needs Among US Children. International Journal of Health Services. March 2021. doi:10.1177/0020731421997087
