Health insurance coverage and utilization of health services by Mexican Americans, mainland Puerto Ricans, and Cuban Americans.
JAMA
; 265(2): 233-7, 1991 Jan 09.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-1984153
This investigation examines data on 13,000 Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Cuban Americans between 6 months and 74 years of age who were interviewed from 1982 through 1984 in the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. In addition, data from the 1989 Current Population Survey (N = 145,000) conducted by the US Bureau of the Census are presented for the white and black non-Hispanic populations as well as the three Hispanic national origin groups. The study revealed that over one third of the Mexican-American population, one fifth of the Puerto Rican population, and one fourth of the Cuban-American population is uninsured for medical expenditures compared with one fifth of the black, non-Hispanic population and one tenth of the white, non-Hispanic population. Furthermore, compared with Hispanics with private health insurance, uninsured Hispanics are less likely to have a regular source of health care, less likely to have visited a physician in the past year, less likely to have had a routine physical examination, and less likely to rate their health status as excellent or very good.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Atenção Primária à Saúde
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Hispânico ou Latino
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Seguro Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Equity_inequality
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Implementation_research
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Patient_preference
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe
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Cuba
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Mexico
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Puerto rico
Idioma:
En
Revista:
JAMA
Ano de publicação:
1991
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos