A State-Level Report of the Access to Care for Child Immigrants in the United States in 2019

Poach, Anna

A State-Level Report of the Access to Care for Child Immigrants in the United States in 2019

Persistent URL

https://dspace.allegheny.edu/handle/10456/56688

Author(s)

Poach, Anna

Date Issued

April 10, 2023

Abstract

Inadequate access and poor-quality healthcare have severe consequences for immigrants in the United States. By performing multiple regression models and analyzing a systematic survey taken from the National Survey of Children’s Health, I was able to identify a variety of factors that affect the uninsured and unauthorized immigration rate in each state. The cost of living in each state, in addition to the median income/state, the political leaning of each state, the poverty rate/state, and the report of being able to speak English “well” or “very well” significantly affected the rate of uninsured, unauthorized immigrants per state. Additionally, while immigrants were likely to take their children into a wellness checkup (more than 80% answered yes), they were extremely unlikely to have taken their children into the emergency room. Immigrants also responded that caregivers were generally likely to treat their family and cultural customs with respect when at an appointment. Policy solutions are needed to improve health care for immigrants and their children. Research is required to explain immigrants’ nonfinancial barriers, receipt of specific processes of care, cost of care, and healthcare experiences in the United States.

Major

Business

Honors

Business and Economics, 2023

First Reader(s)

Onyeiwu, Stephen Z.