The role of health insurance in explaining immigrant versus non-immigrant disparities in access to health care: Comparing the United States to Canada

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1452-1459

  Siddiqi, Arjumand ^a   Zuberi, Daniyal ^b   Nguyen, Quynh C ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Cross national comparison; Health care access; Health insurance; Immigrants; Primary care; USA

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH INSURANCE; IMMIGRANT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC ACCESS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CANADA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71149083114     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.08.030     Document Type: Article

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