HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE, AGE, AND IMMIGRATION-RELATED FACTORS AMONG KOREAN AMERICANS

Immigration-related factors and mental disorders among Asian Americans.

OBJECTIVES We examined lifetime and 12-month rates of any depressive, anxiety, and substance abuse disorders in a national sample of Asian Americans. We focused on factors related to nativity and immigration as possible correlates of mental disorders. METHODS Data were derived from the National Latino and Asian American Study, the first national epidemiological survey of Asian Americans in th...

Americans' health insurance coverage, 1980-91

The authors of this article have used Current Population Surveys to summarize public and private health insurance trends in the United States over the last 12 years. Key findings include the declining percentage of the non-elderly population with employer-sponsored coverage and increasing numbers of low- and middle-income uninsured. That is, in a period of fast-rising health care costs, the poo...

Trends in health insurance coverage and access among black, Latino and white Americans, 2001-2003.

Overall health insurance rates changed little among nonelderly black, Latino and white Americans between 2001 and 2003, according to new findings from the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC). But sources of coverage shifted--especially for Latinos--from employment-based insurance to public coverage, suggesting the economic downturn took a greater toll on Latinos. Low-income Latinos a...

The Dynamics of Health Insurance Coverage: Factors Correlated with Insurance Gain and Loss among Adults

Health insurance coverage among disabled Medicare enrollees

In this article, we use the Survey of Income and Program Participation to identify patterns of non-Medicare insurance coverage among disabled Medicare enrollees. Compared with the aged, the disabled are less likely to have private insurance coverage and more likely to have Medicaid. Probit analysis of the determinants of private insurance for disabled Medicare enrollees shows that income, educa...