Trends in racial/ethnic disparities in medical and oral health, access to care, and use of services in US children: has anything changed over the years?

Table 6 Trends between the 2003 and 2007 NSCH in US children’s racial/ethnic disparities in medical and oral health, access to care, and use of services

Disparities category	Total number of NSCH indicators^a	Disparities for at least one racial/ethnic minority group		Total number of disparities^b
		2003	2007	2003	2007
Medical and oral health	22	10	10	26	20
Access to medical and dental care	9	9	7	26	24
Use of medical and dental services	3	3	1	11	2^c
TOTAL	34	22	18	63	46

^aIncludes only those indicators available in both the 2003 and the 2007 NSCH.
^bFor each NSCH indicator, disparities were possible for up to all five racial/ethnic minority groups.
^cP < .01 for comparison between 2003 and 2007.

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