Immigrant Status and Unmet Health Care Needs
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منابع مشابه
Immigrant status and unmet health care needs.
OBJECTIVES To compare whether unmet health needs differ between immigrants and non-immigrants, and examine whether help-seeking characteristics account for any unmet needs disparities. METHODS The data are from the Canadian Community Health Survey Cycle 1.1, conducted by Statistics Canada in 2000-2001. The study sample includes 16,046 immigrants and 102,173 non-immigrants aged 18 and older fr...
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) has improved insurance coverage rates. However, children's enrollment status in SCHIP frequently changes, which can leave families with uncertainty about their children's coverage status. We examined whether insurance uncertainty was associated with unmet health care needs. METHODS We compared self-reported survey...
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BACKGROUND Although effective treatments exist, many Canadians with chronic medical conditions do not receive the full care they require, possibly as a consequence of limited accessibility or availability. A commonly used indicator of inadequate access to or availability of care is the perception of unmet health care needs. The objective of this study was therefore to determine the association ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Public Health
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0008-4263,1920-7476
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404035