Korean immigrants and health care access: Implications for the uninsured and underinsured

Research in the Sociology of Health Care

Volumn 25, Issue , 2007, Pages 77-94

  Yoo, Grace J ^a   Kim, Barbara W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249015459     PISSN: 02754959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0275-4959(07)00004-X     Document Type: Review

References (40)

1. Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum. (2005). Diverse Communities, Diverse Experiences: The Status of Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders in the U.S.: A Review of Six Socioeconomic Indicators and their Impact on Health. San Francisco: Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum. Retrieved on February, 2007, from http://www.apiahf.org/resources/pdf/Diverse%20Communities%20Diverse%20Experiences.pdf
2. Baker D.W., Sudano J.J., Albert J.M., Borawski E.A., and Dor A. Lack of health insurance and decline in overall health in late middle age. New England Journal of Medicine 345 15 (2001) 1106-1112
3. Brown, E. R., Lavarreda, S. A., Rice, T., Kincheloe, J. R., & Gatchee, M. S. (2005). The state of health insurance in California: Findings from the 2003 California health interview survey. Retrieved on June 20, 2006, from http://www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu/pubs/files/SHIC03_RT_0 81505.pdf
4. Brown, E. R., Ojeda, V., Wyn, R., & Levan, R. (2000). Racial and ethnic disparities in access to health insurance and health care. Retrieved on October 10, 2005, from http://healthpolicy.ucla.edu/pubs/files/Racialand EthnicDisparitiesReport.pdf
5. Brown, E. R., Ponce N., Rice T., & Lavarreda S. A. (2002). The state of health insurance in California: Findings from the 2001 California health interview survey. Retrieved on June 20, 2006, from http://healthpolicy.ucla.edu/pubs/files/shic062002.pdf
6. Davis, K., Doty, M. E., & Ho, A. (2005). How high is too high?: Implications of high-deductible health plans. Boston: The Commonwealth Fun. Retrieved on January 8, 2007, from http://www.cmwf.org/usr_doc/816_Davis_how_high_is_too_high_impl_HDHPs.pdf
7. Employee Benefits Research Institute. (2005a). Immigrants make up a growing share of U.S. population without health insurance, study finds. Retrieved on March 30, 2006, from http://www.ebri.org/publications/prel/index.cfm?fa=prelDisp&content_id=3527
8. Employee Benefits Research Institute. (2005b). Sources of health insurance and characteristics of the uninsured: Analysis of the March 2005 Current Population Survey. EBRI Issue Brief #287. Retrieved on March 30, 2006, from http://www.ebri.org/pdf/briefspdf/EBRI_IB_11-20051.pdf
9. Farmer M.M., and Ferraro K.F. Are racial disparities in health conditional on socioeconomic status?. Social Science Medicine 60 1 (2005) 191-204
10. Franzini L., and Fernandez Esquer M.E. The association of subjective social status and health in low-income Mexican-origin individuals in Texas. Social Science Medicine 63 3 (2006) 788-804
11. Guendelman S., Wyn R., and Tsai Y.W. Children of working low-income families in California: Does parental work benefit children's insurance status, access, and utilization of primary health care?. Health Services Research 35 2 (2000) 417-441
12. Hargraves J.L., and Hadley J. The contribution of insurance coverage and community resources to reducing racial/ethnic disparities in access to care. Health Services Research 38 3 (2003) 809-829
13. Huang Z.J., Yu S.M., and Ledsky R. Health status and health service access and use among children in U.S. immigrant families. American Journal of Public Health 96 4 (2006) 634-640
14. Hurh W.M., and Kim K.C. Korean immigrants in America: A structural analysis of ethnic confinement and adhesive adaptation (1980), Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Western Illinois University, Macomb
15. Institute of Medicine. Care without Coverage: Too Little, Too Late (2002), National Academy Press, Washington, DC
16. Jenkins C.N., Le T., McPhee S.J., Stewart S., and Ha N.T. Health care access and preventive care among Vietnamese immigrants: Do traditional beliefs and practices pose barriers?. Social Science and Medicine 43 7 (1996) 1049-1056
17. Juon H.S., Choi Y., and Kim M.T. Cancer screening behaviors among Korean-American women. Cancer Detection and Prevention 24 6 (2000) 589-601
18. Juon H.S., Kim M., Shankar S., and Han W. Predictors of adherence to screening mammography among Korean American women. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 39 3 (2004) 474-481
19. Kim, B., & Yoo, G. (2006). Saving for health and the future: Korean immigrant entrepreneurs. Paper presentation at the National Association of Ethnic Studies, April, San Francisco, CA.
20. Kim K., Yu E.S., Chen E.H., Kim J., Kaufman M., and Purkiss J. Cervical cancer screening knowledge and practices among Korean-American women. Cancer Nursing 22 4 (1999) 297-302
21. Kirby J.B., Taliaferro G., and Zuvekas S.H. Explaining racial and ethnic disparities in health care. Medical Care 44 5 Suppl. (2006) I64-I72
22. Korean American Coalition - Census Information Center & Center for Korean American and Korean Studies, California State University, Los Angeles. (2002). Korean employment, poverty, and naturalization in the United States: Tables and highlights. Los Angeles: KAC - CIC and CKKS, CSULA.
23. Ku, L., & Blaney, S. (2000). Health coverage for legal immigrant children: New census data highlight importance of restoring Medicaid and SCHIP coverage. Washington, DC: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Retrieved on August 14, 2006, from http://www.cbpp.org/10-4-00health.pdf.
24. Lantz P.M., Mujahid M., Schwartz K., Janz N.K., Fagerlin A., Salem B., Liu L., Deapen D., and Katz S.J. The influence of race, ethnicity, and individual socioeconomic factors on breast cancer stage at diagnosis. American Journal of Public Health 12 (2006) 2173-2186
25. Lee M.C. Knowledge, barriers, and motivators related to cervical cancer screening among Korean-American women: A focus group approach. Cancer Nursing 23 3 (2000) 168-175
26. Lillie-Blanton M., and Hoffman C. The role of health insurance coverage in reducing racial/ethnic disparities in health care. Health Affairs 24 2 (2005) 398-408
27. Ma G.X. Between two worlds: The use of traditional and western health services by Chinese immigrants. Journal of Community Health 24 6 (1999) 421-437
28. Maxwell A.E., Bastani R., and Warda U.S. Demographic predictors of cancer screening among Filipino and Korean immigrants in the United States. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 18 1 (2000) 62-68
29. McWilliams J.M., Zaslavsky A.M., Meara E., and Ayanian J.Z. Health insurance coverage and mortality among the near-elderly. Health Affairs 23 4 (2004) 223-233
30. Park K. The Korean American dream: Immigrants and small businesses in New York City (1997), Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY
31. Pourat N., Lubben J., Wallace S.P., and Moon A. Predictors of use of traditional Korean healers among elderly Koreans in Los Angeles. The Gerontologist 39 6 (1999) 711-719
32. Pryor, C., Cohen, A., & Prottas, J. (2007). The illusion of coverage: How health insurance fails people when they get sick. Boston: The Access Project. Retrieved on April 8, 2007, from http://www.accessproject.org/adobe/the_illusion_of_coverage.pdf
33. Ryu H., Young W.B., and Park C. Korean American health insurance and health services utilization. Research in Nursing & Health 24 6 (2001) 494-505
34. Schoen C., Doty M.M., Collins S.R., and Holmgren A.L. Insured but not protected: How many adults are underinsured?. Health Affairs 115 (2005) e697-e705
35. Shin H., Song H., Kim J., and Probst J. Insurance, acculturation, and health service utilization among Korean-Americans. Journal of Immigrant Health 7 2 (2005) 65-74
36. Shone, L. P., Dick, A. W., Klein, J. D., Zwanziger, J., & Szilagyi, P. G. (2005). Reduction in racial and ethnic disparities after enrollment in the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Pediatrics, 6, e697-e705. Retrieved on October 8, 2006, from http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/115/6/e697?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=Reduction+in+racial+and+ethnic+disparities+after+e&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&resourcetype=HWCIT
37. Strauss A., and Corbin J. Basics of qualitative research: Grounded theory procedures and techniques (1998), Sage, Newbury Park, CA
38. U.S. Census Bureau. (2001). Census 2000 demographic profile. Retrieved on October 1, 2005, from http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/dp1/2kh00.pdf
39. U.S. Census Bureau. (2006). Income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in the United States: 2005. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved on November 10, 2006, from http://www.census.gov/prod/2006 pubs/p60-231.pdf
40. Yu, E., & Chang, E. (2003). Entrepreneurs par excellence. In: E. Lai, & D. Arguelles (Eds), The new face of Asian Pacific America: Numbers, diversity and change in the 21st century (pp. 57-66). San Francisco: UCLA Asian American Studies Center and AsianWeek.