Unfriendly shores: How immigrant children fare in the US health system
Unfriendly shores: How immigrant children fare in the US health system
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DOI：
10.1377/hlthaff.20.1.257
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发表时间：
2001-01-01
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影响因子：
9.7
通讯作者：
Pearl, M
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作者：
Guendelman, S;Schauffler, HH;Pearl, M
美国贫困移民儿童的激增引起了人们对他们的高无保险率和获得护理的关注。我们研究了健康保险状况和出生地对贫困劳动者子女使用卫生服务的联合影响。在外国出生的儿童中，52%没有保险，66%有定期护理来源，而在本土出生的儿童中，这一比例分别为20%和92%。外国出生的未投保儿童比本国出生的同龄人更不可能有定期的护理来源或寻求护理。医疗保险和移民政策必须协调一致，以增加外国出生儿童获得医疗保健的机会。
The proliferation of poor immigrant children in the United States raises concern about their high uninsurance rates and access to care. We examined the joint effects of health insurance status and place of birth on use of health services by children of the working poor. Of foreign-born children, 52 percent were uninsured and 66 percent had a regular care source, compared with 20 percent and 92 percent, respectively, of native-born children. Foreign-born uninsured children were less likely than their native-born peers were to have a regular care source or to have sought care. Health insurance and immigration policies must act in concert to increase health care access for foreign-born children.