Undiagnosed disease, especially diabetes, casts doubt on some of reported health 'advantage' of recent Mexican immigrants

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2727-2737

  Barcellos, Silvia Helena ^a   Goldman, Dana P ^b   Smith, James P ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH STATUS; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871880508     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0973     Document Type: Article

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