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The Relationship Between Educational Attainment and Health Care Access and Use Among Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and US-Mexico Migrants
Journal of immigrant and minority health, v 22(2)
01 Apr 2020
PMID: 31127434
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Abstract
The aim of the study was to assess the relationship between educational attainment and health care access and use among Mexican-origin populations. Data from the 2012 Mexican National Health and Nutrition Study, the 2013 Project Migrante Health Care Access and Utilization Survey, and the 2013-2014 California Health Interview Survey were used to examine educational gradients in health insurance, medical home, and hospitalization among Mexicans in Mexico, northbound, southbound, and deported migrants, and U.S.-and foreign-born Mexican Americans. College graduates had greater odds of being insured relative to those with less than a high school degree among Mexicans (AOR = 1.48, p < 0.001), northbound migrants (AOR = 3.69, p < 0.001), and the foreign-born (AOR = 2.01, p < 0.01), and of having a medical home among Mexicans (AOR = 1.95, p < 0.001) and the foreign-born (AOR = 2.14, p < 0.05). Eliminating differences by educational attainment in the U.S. will require policy changes like making immigrants eligible for public insurance. In Mexico, it will require targeted outreach to enroll underserved populations in existing public insurance programs.
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- Title
- The Relationship Between Educational Attainment and Health Care Access and Use Among Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and US-Mexico Migrants
- Creators
- Brent A. Langellier - Department of Health Management and Policy, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, USAAna P. Martinez-Donate - Drexel UniversityJ. Eduardo Gonzalez-Fagoaga - Univ Arizona, Mel & Enid Zuckerman Coll Publ Hlth, Phoenix, AZ USAM. Gudelia Rangel - US Mexico Border Hlth Commiss, Mexico Sect, Tijuana, Mexico
- Publication Details
- Journal of immigrant and minority health, v 22(2)
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 9
- Grant note
- R01HD046886 / NIH HHS; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA R01 HD046886 / NICHD NIH HHS; 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)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative; Health Management and Policy; Community Health and Prevention
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000519226700013
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85066897998
- Other Identifier
- 991019168220704721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health