Racial and Citizenship Disparities in Health Care Among Middle Eastern Americans

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9104957
AutoresGoleen Samari (0000-0002-9506-3586, Columbia University, autor de correspondencia), Mienah Z Sharif (0000-0002-8664-547X, University of California, Los Angeles), Héctor E Alcalá (0000-0003-3131-171X, Stony Brook University)
Año2020
Volumen58
Número11
Páginas974-980
Fecha de publicación2020-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMedical Care (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948
EditorialOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1097/mlr.0000000000001423
PMID32947512
OpenAlexW3087190570
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas30

OBJECTIVE: To assess differences in health access and utilization among Middle Eastern American adults by White racial identity and citizenship. METHODS: Data from the 2011 to 2018 National Health Interview Surveys (N=1013) and survey-weighted logistic regression analyses compare Middle Eastern immigrants by race and citizenship on access and utilization of health care in the United States. RESULTS: White respondents had 71% lower odds of delaying care [adjusted odds ratio (AOR)=0.34; 95% confidence interval (CI)=0.13, 0.71] and 84% lower odds of being rejected by a doctor as a new patient (AOR=0.16; 95% CI=0.03, 0.88) compared to non-White respondents. US citizens had higher odds of visiting the doctor in the past 12 months compared with noncitizens (AOR=1.76; 95% CI=1.25, 2.76). CONCLUSION: Middle Eastern immigrants who do not identify as White and who are not US citizens are significantly less likely to access and utilize health care compared with those who identify as White and are US citizens. POLICY IMPLICATIONS: This study shows that racial and citizenship disparities persist among Middle Eastern Americans at a national-level, playing a critical role in access to and use of health care

Citizenship · Confidence interval · Ethnic group · Health care · Health equity · Immigration · Logistic regression · National Health Interview Survey · Odds · Odds ratio · Political science · Politics · Public health · Sociology · White (mutation) · Cultural Competency in Health Care · Demography · Law · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Nursing · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Gerontology