Ethnicity And Family Income Affect The Frequency Of Ear Infections

Ethnicity And Family Income Affect The Frequency Of Ear Infections.
Black and Hispanic children with haunt heed infections are less likely to have access to salubrity care than white children, say US researchers. They analyzed 1997 to 2006 information from the National Health Interview Survey and found that each year about 4,6 million children have countless ear infections, defined as more than three infections over 1 year. Overall, 3,7 percent of children with ordinary ear infections could not afford care, 5,6 percent could not afford prescriptions, and only 25,8 percent axiom a specialist, said the researchers at Harvard Medical School and the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles.