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Fernando M. Treviño, PhD, MPH; M. Eugene Moyer, PhD; R. Burciaga Valdez, PhD, MHSA; Christine A. Stroup-Benham, MA

JAMA. 1991;265(2):233-237.

Abstract
This investigation examines data on 13 000 Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Cuban Americans between 6 months and 74 years of age who were interviewed from 1982 through 1984 in the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. In addition, data from the 1989 Current Population Survey (N = 145 000) conducted by the US Bureau of the Census are presented for the white and black non-Hispanic populations as well as the three Hispanic national origin groups. The study revealed that over one third of the Mexican-American population, one fifth of the Puerto Rican population, and one fourth of the Cuban-American population is uninsured for medical expenditures compared with one fifth of the black, non-Hispanic population and one tenth of the white, non-Hispanic population. Furthermore, compared with Hispanics with private health insurance, uninsured Hispanics are less likely to have a regular source of health care, less likely to have visited a physician in the past year, less likely to have had a routine physical examination, and less likely to rate their health status as excellent or very good.

(JAMA. 1991;265:233-237)

Author Affiliations
From the Center for Cross-Cultural Research (Dr Treviño and Ms Stroup-Benham) and the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health (Dr Treviño), The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston; the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC (Dr Moyer); the RAND Corp, Los Angeles, Calif (Dr Valdez); and the School of Public Health, UCLA (Dr Valdez).

Footnotes
Presented at the First Hispanic Health Status Symposium, San Antonio, Tex, October 6,1989.

Reprint requests to Director, Center for Cross-Cultural Research, 202 Gail Borden Bldg, F-24, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77550 (Dr Treviño).

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