Health insurance coverage and routine health care use among children by family immigration status

This study utilizes Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey data to investigate children's (17years and younger) health insurance coverage and routine medical and dental care visits by family immigration status (N=2846). We use a combination of nativity (U.S. and foreign born) and legal stat...

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Published in:Children and youth services review 2017-08, Vol.79, p.97-106
Main Authors: Ybarra, Marci, Ha, Yoonsook, Chang, Jina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Children
Childrens health
Citizens
Dental care
Families & family life
Foreign born citizens
Health care
Health care industry
Health care policy
Health insurance
Health problems
Health services
Immigrants
Immigration
Immigration policy
Immigration status
Insurance coverage
Legal status
Legislation
Medical care
Medicine
Mothers
Neighborhoods
Unauthorized
Visits
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Summary:This study utilizes Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey data to investigate children's (17years and younger) health insurance coverage and routine medical and dental care visits by family immigration status (N=2846). We use a combination of nativity (U.S. and foreign born) and legal status (authorized and unauthorized) of mothers and their children to categorize family immigration status (citizen mother-citizen child; authorized mother-citizen/authorized child; unauthorized mother-citizen/authorized child; unauthorized mother-unauthorized child). Health care use is measured by routine medical visits and dental visits. We find that health insurance coverage and dental visits are lowest for the children of unauthorized mothers but gaps are most pronounced for unauthorized mother–unauthorized child pairs. Policy implications, in light of recent health and immigration-related legislation, are discussed. •This paper examines access to health insurance coverage and routine medical and dental care by family immigration status•The study finds that children of unauthorized mothers are significantly less likely to have any health insurance•Children of unauthorized mothers are also significantly less likely to have had a dental visit in the past year•Gaps in health insurance coverage and dental visits are most pronounced for unauthorized children with unauthorized mothers
ISSN:0190-7409
1873-7765
DOI:10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.05.027