Health care access, use of services, and experiences among undocumented Mexicans and other Latinos
Health care access, use of services, and experiences among undocumented Mexicans and other Latinos
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DOI：
10.1001/archinte.167.21.2354
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发表时间：
2007-11-26
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通讯作者：
Gelberg, Lillian
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作者：
Ortega, Alexander N.;Fang, Hai;Gelberg, Lillian
背景：我们根据公民身份和移民授权状况比较了墨西哥人和其他拉美裔人获得医疗保健的机会、服务使用情况和医疗保健经历。方法：我们从2003年加州健康访谈调查中获得数据，有42044名参与者代表非制度化家庭。参与者按族裔/种族、民族血统和公民身份/移民授权地位进行区分。结果测量包括是否有通常的护理来源，在获得必要护理方面的问题，使用内科和急诊科护理的情况，以及3次卫生保健的经历。多变量分析衡量了在外国出生的墨西哥人和其他拉美裔人与在美国出生的墨西哥人相比，公民身份/移民授权状态与结果指标的关联。结果：在多因素分析中，无证墨西哥人的就诊次数减少了1.6次(P
Background: We compared access to health care, use of services, and health care experiences for Mexicans and other Latinos by citizenship and immigrant authorization status.Methods: We acquired data from the 2003 California Health Interview Survey, with 42 044 participants representative of noninstitutionalized households. Participants were differentiated by ethnicity/race, national origin, and citizenship/immigration authorization status. Outcome measures included having a usual source of care, problems in obtaining necessary care, use of physician and emergency department care, and 3 experiences with health care. Multivariate analyses measured the associations of citizenship/immigration authorization status with the outcome measures among foreign-born Mexicans and other Latinos vs their US-born counterparts.Results: In multivariate analyses, undocumented Mexicans had 1.6 fewer physician visits (P