Health care use among undocumented Latino immigrants - Is free health care the main reason why Latinos come to the United States? A unique look at the facts.
Health care use among undocumented Latino immigrants - Is free health care the main reason why Latinos come to the United States? A unique look at the facts.
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DOI：
10.1377/hlthaff.19.4.51
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发表时间：
2000-07-01
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影响因子：
9.7
通讯作者：
Frankel, M
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作者：
Berk, ML;Schur, CL;Frankel, M
使用数据从1996/1997年的调查无证拉丁美洲移民在四个网站，我们研究的原因来美国，使用医疗保健服务，并参与政府计划。我们发现，无证拉丁美洲人来到这个国家主要是为了工作。与所有拉丁美洲人和全国所有人相比，他们的门诊医疗服务使用率较低，除分娩住院外，他们的住院率相当。几乎一半的已婚无证拉丁美洲人有一个孩子是美国公民，将无证移民排除在接受政府资助的医疗保健服务之外不太可能降低移民水平，并可能影响居住在移民家庭中的美国公民儿童的福祉。
Using data from a 1996/1997 survey of undocumented Latino immigrants in four sites, we examine reasons for coming to the United Stales, use of health care services, and participation in government programs. We find that undocumented Latinos come to this country primarily for jobs. Their ambulatory health care use is low compared with that of all Latinos and all persons nationally, and their rates of hospitalization are comparable except for hospitalization for childbirth. Almost half of married undocumented Latinos have a child who is a U.S. citizen, Excluding undocumented immigrants from receiving government-funded health care services is unlikely to reduce the level of immigration and likely to affect the well-being of children who are U.S, citizens living in immigrant households.