DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF HEALTH-CARE COVERAGE IN AMERICA IN 1993

This study examined the distribution of health-care insurance coverage by race/ethnicity using data on gender, age, income, and education to identify segments of the population with and without health-care insu rance in 1993. Among all groups, whites were more likely to have healt h-care insurance coverage than blacks or Hispanics. The data also were cross-classified by type of insurance coverage, including private, Me dicare, and Medicaid. Whites were more likely than minorities to have private coverage, whereas minorities, socially disadvantaged persons i n all groups, and the elderly were more likely to be covered by Medica re and Medicaid.