Table II.

Characteristics of subjects and referrals

	Number and percent of total study population with characteristic (n = 341)		Number and percent of subjects with characteristic having incomplete referral (n = 78)
	n	%	n	%	P †
Child sociodemographic   characteristics
Child race/ethnicity*
Black	15	4.5	4	26.7	.69
Hispanic	248	74.9	60	24.3
Other race	11	3.3	2	18.2
White non-Hispanic	57	17.2	10	17.5
Sex*
Female	156	45	34	21.9	.69
Male	185	54.3	44	23.8
Age*
≥5 years	173	50.9	33	19.1	.08
<5 years	167	49.1	45	27.1
Insurance status*
Public	243	71.3	58	24.0	.61
Uninsured	2	0.6	0	-
Private	96	28.2	20	20.8
Parent sociodemographic   characteristics
Survey language
English	147	43.4	33	22.5	.89
Spanish	192	56.6	44	23.0
Educational attainment‡
0-9 years of education	98	29.1	20	20.6	.74
10-13 years of education	128	38.0	32	25.0
<13 years of education	111	32.9	25	22.5
Parent’s birthplace‡
Born in the US	93	27.4	21	22.6	.91
Born elsewhere	247	72.7	57	23.2
Parent race/ethnicity‡
Black	9	2.7	1	11.1	.14
Hispanic	260	77.2	64	24.7
Other Race	10	3.0	4	40.0
White Non-Hispanic	58	17.2	14	13.8
Referral characteristics
Referral type*
Medical§	150	44.1	30	20.0	.25
Surgical¶	190	55.9	48	25.3
Health center*
A	250	73.6	58	23.2	.85
B	90	23.4	20	22.2

^*Data obtained from child’s EHR.

^†P-value for χ² test, comparing rates of incomplete referral for each subgroup.

^‡Data obtained from parent telephone survey.

^§Dermatology, Otolaryngology, Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Pediatric Surgery, Urology.

^¶Allergy/Immunology, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Genetics, Hematology/Oncology, Infectious Disease, Nephrology, Neurology, Pulmonology, Rheumatology.