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The risk typology of healthcare access and its association with unmet healthcare needs in Asian Americans.


ABSTRACT: Using data from the 2015 Asian American Quality of Life Survey (N = 2,609), latent profile analysis was conducted on general (health insurance, usual place for care and income) and immigrant-specific (nativity, length of stay in the U.S., English proficiency and acculturation) risk factors of healthcare access. Latent profile analysis identified a three-cluster model (low-risk, moderate-risk and high-risk groups). Compared with the low-risk group, the odds of having an unmet healthcare need was 1.52 times greater in the moderate-risk group and 2.24 times greater in the high-risk group. Challenging the myth of model minority, the present sample of Asian Americans demonstrates its vulnerability in access to healthcare. Findings also show the heterogeneity in healthcare access risk profiles.

SUBMITTER: Jang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5732096 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The risk typology of healthcare access and its association with unmet healthcare needs in Asian Americans.

Jang Yuri Y   Park Nan Sook NS   Yoon Hyunwoo H   Huang Ya-Ching YC   Rhee Min-Kyoung MK   Chiriboga David A DA   Kim Miyong T MT  

Health & social care in the community 20170615 1


Using data from the 2015 Asian American Quality of Life Survey (N = 2,609), latent profile analysis was conducted on general (health insurance, usual place for care and income) and immigrant-specific (nativity, length of stay in the U.S., English proficiency and acculturation) risk factors of healthcare access. Latent profile analysis identified a three-cluster model (low-risk, moderate-risk and high-risk groups). Compared with the low-risk group, the odds of having an unmet healthcare need was  ...[more]

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