Association of California Immigrants' Avoidance of Public Programs Due to Immigration Concerns With Delayed Access to Health Care

Joelle Wolstein; Susan H Babey; Sean Tan; Riti Shimkhada; Ninez A Ponce

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.46525

Association of California Immigrants' Avoidance of Public Programs Due to Immigration Concerns With Delayed Access to Health Care

JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Dec 1;5(12):e2246525. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.46525.

Authors

Joelle Wolstein¹, Susan H Babey^{1

2}, Sean Tan¹, Riti Shimkhada¹, Ninez A Ponce^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California.
² Department of Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study examines the association of avoidance of public programs among California immigrants with delayed access to health care services and prescriptions owing to concerns about how their interaction with these services may affect their immigration status.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

California
Emigrants and Immigrants*
Emigration and Immigration*
Health Services Accessibility
Humans

Grants and funding

R01 MD012292/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States