Children from ethnic minorities use GPs more and secondary care less

Children and young people from ethnic minorities make more use of general practitioners' services but are less likely to be referred for secondary care than children generally. Saxena and colleagues (p 520) compared self reported health status and health service use between different ethnic minority and social class groups in 6648 children and young adults in England. Despite socioeconomic disadvantage, Asian children reported less illness than the general population. General practitioners' attitudes towards patients from ethnic minorities need to be explored to explain the differences in the use of primary and secondary care.

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Socioeconomic and ethnic group differences in self reported health status and use of health services by children and young people in England: cross sectional study

Sonia Saxena, Joseph Eliahoo, and Azeem Majeed
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