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Title: How Much Time Do Americans Spend Seeking Health Care? Racial and Ethnic Differences in Patient Experiences

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Publication Year: 2010

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Abstract: We use data from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) to investigate racial differences in the amount of time individuals spend traveling to, waiting for, and receiving outpatient healthcare services on a randomly selected survey interview day. Of the 60,674 participants in the 2003–2006 waves of the ATUS, 2.67% (n ¼ 1,621) reported a clinical encounter on their designated day; this proportion did not differ significantly by race. Among those reporting a clinical encounter, blacks reported spending 30 more minutes than whites in receiving services, and this race gap persisted net of socioeconomic, health, and geographic factors. Hispanics also reported significantly longer visits than whites; yet, this difference . . .

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Authors: Ibuka, Yoko; Carr, Deborah; Russell, Louise B.

Editors: Professor Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld, None

Pages: 71–98

Volume Title: The Impact of Demographics on Health and Health Care: Race, Ethnicity and Other Social Factors

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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Volume: 28

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Data Collections: IPUMS Time Use - ATUS

Topics: Health

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