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State-level health care access and use among children in US immigrant families

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  • Yu, S.M.
  • Huang, Z.J.
  • Kogan, M.D.

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Objectives. We examined the association between children's state of residence and their access to health care among specific types of immigrant families: foreign-born children, US-born children with 1 foreign-born parent, US-born children with both foreign-born parents, and nonimmigrant families. Methods. We analyzed data from 12400 children from the 2003 National Survey of Children's Health in the 6 states with the highest proportion of immigrants (California, Florida, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, and Texas). Results. Multivariable analyses indicated that among foreign-born children, those living in California, Illinois, and Texas were more likely to lack access to health care compared with those living in New York. Among foreign-born children with 1 or 2 US-born parents, Texas children were most likely to lack health insurance. Within nonimmigrant families, children from California, Florida, and Texas had significantly more access and use problems. Conclusions. Our findings document differential health care access and use among states for specific immigrant family types.

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  • Yu, S.M. & Huang, Z.J. & Kogan, M.D., 2008. "State-level health care access and use among children in US immigrant families," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 98(11), pages 1996-2003.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2007.117911_8
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.117911
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    1. Cordner, Alissa, 2012. "The health care access and utilization of homeschooled children in the United States," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 75(2), pages 269-273.
    2. Donald Light, 2009. "Institutional Ambivalence and Permanently Failing Health Care: Access by Immigrants and the Categorically Unequal in the Nation and New Jersey," Working Papers 1143, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Center for Migration and Development..
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    4. Milcent, Carine, 2023. "The sorting effect in healthcare access: Those left behind," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 51(C).

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