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Health Care Expenditures Among Asian American Subgroups
Medical care research and review, v 70(3), pp 310-329
01 Jun 2013
PMCID: PMC3925768
PMID: 23223329
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Abstract
Using two nationally representative data sets, this study examined health care expenditure disparities between Caucasians and different Asian American subgroups. Multivariate analyses demonstrate that Asian Americans, as a group, have significantly lower total expenditures compared with Caucasians. Results also point to considerable heterogeneities in health care spending within Asian American subgroups. Findings suggest that language assistance programs would be effective in reducing disparities among Caucasians and Asian American subgroups with the exception of Indians and Filipinos, who tend to be more proficient in English. Results also indicate that citizenship and nativity were major factors associated with expenditure disparities. Socioeconomic status, however, could not explain expenditure disparities. Results also show that Asian Americans have lower physician and pharmaceutical costs but not emergency department or hospital expenditures. These findings suggest the need for culturally competent policies specific to Asian American subgroups and the necessity to encourage cost-effective treatments among Asian Americans.
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- Title
- Health Care Expenditures Among Asian American Subgroups
- Creators
- Jie Chen - University of Maryland College Park, MD, 20742 USAArturo Vargas-Bustamante - University of California, Los AngelesAlexander N. Ortega - University of California, Los Angeles
- Publication Details
- Medical care research and review, v 70(3), pp 310-329
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 20
- Grant note
- P50HL105188 / NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Heart Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI) P50 HL105188 / NHLBI; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Heart Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI) R24HD041041 / EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) City University of New York Diversity Projects Development Program
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000318524000004
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84877834562
- Other Identifier
- 991019296809304721
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