The Importance of Distinguishing Hispanic Subpopulations in the Use of Medical Care

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ID9104047
AutoresClaudia L Schur (0000-0002-8358-2434, Center for Assessment), Amy B Bernstein, Marc L Berk
Ano1987
Volume25
Fascículo7
Páginas627-641
Data de publicação1987-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMedical Care (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948
EditoraOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1097/00005650-198707000-00006
PMID3121952
OpenAlexW1998125429
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas33

Rather than analyzing Hispanics as a homogeneous population, this paper uses the 1977 National Medical Care Expenditure Survey in order to make separate national estimates for Cubans, Puerto Ricans, and Mexicans. Utilization of various health services by these three groups is discussed, as well as their insurance coverage, mean annual expenses by source of payment, and health status indicators. The analysis has a descriptive as well as multivariate component and focuses specifically on the use of physician and hospital services and prescribed medicines. It is found that Puerto Ricans are almost twice as likely as Mexicans, and over four times as likely as Cubans, to be covered by Medicaid; Cubans, on the other hand, are most often privately insured. Of the three groups, Puerto Ricans have the highest annual expenses and are most likely to have at least one physician visit. The number of visits for those with a visit, however, is identical across the groups. The paper discusses the policy implications of these findings, as well as the methodologic implications of classifying various Hispanic subgroups into one all-encompassing category

Business · Descriptive statistics · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Family medicine · Health care · Homogeneous · Medicaid · Medical care · Multivariate analysis · Payment · Population · Sociology · Demography · Global Health Workforce Issues · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Gerontology