Paper series (United Hospital Fund of New York)
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In 1984, almost 10 million visits were made to New York City hospital emergency rooms and outpatient departments. Of these, nearly one-quarter were made by children. Almost nine out of ten children using hospital emergency rooms and outpatient departments were either poor or uninsured. ⋯ Access to routine health care by uninsured children is limited by the number of municipal hospital sites, both because children seek care within their home community. More details from the study of poor children and New York City hospitals follow. Data sources and statistical methods are described in an appendix to this report.