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Ethnic Variation in Access to Health Care of Asian Americans Who are Not U.S. Citizens: Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese Ethnic Groups.
- Source :
- Journal of Health Care for the Poor & Underserved; May2014, Vol. 25 Issue 2, p577-590, 14p
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Using the 2009 California Health Interview Survey, this study examined ethnic variation in the predictors of having a usual source of health care among Asian Americans who are non-U.S. citizens. Chinese residents reported the highest probability of having a usual source of health care (78.0%), followed by Vietnamese (59.8%) and Korean residents (45.2%), and the differences were statistically significant (x² = 11.65, p < .01). Poverty status was the only significant predictor for Korean residents and insurance status was the only significant predictor for Vietnamese residents. By contrast, both poverty and insurance status predicted which Chinese residents had a usual source of care. To enhance health care access for vulnerable subgroups of non-U.S. citizens, health care professionals must be aware that there are cultural differences in the predictors of having a usual source of health care based on whether one is an immigrant from China, Korea, or Vietnam. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- AGE distribution
CHI-squared test
CHINESE people
CONFIDENCE intervals
CULTURE
EMPLOYMENT
HEALTH services accessibility
HEALTH status indicators
IMMIGRANTS
INSURANCE
KOREANS
MARITAL status
HEALTH policy
POVERTY
PROBABILITY theory
RACE
STATISTICAL sampling
SEX distribution
SURVEYS
VIETNAMESE people
LOGISTIC regression analysis
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
EDUCATIONAL attainment
DATA analysis software
ODDS ratio
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10492089
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Health Care for the Poor & Underserved
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 96336327
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2014.0104