HOSPITAL UTILIZATION
In 2000, children younger than 18 living in families
with annual income less than $20,000 averaged slightly
more nights in the hospital (including deliveries)
than children in higher income families, 4.4 to 4.1
nights respectively. Hispanic children in low-income
families had shorter average hospital stays than did
Hispanic children from higher-income families. By
comparison, white and black children living in low-income
families had about the same average length or longer
hospital stays than white and black children from
higher-income families.
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