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Objectives: "To compare the Medicaid enrollment of U.S.-born citizens to non-citizen immigrants who immigrated before 1996, both before and after welfare reform, and to determine if variation in state Medicaid policies modified the effects of welfare reform on immigrants." Methodology section may be helpful. Subsequently published as an article in Health Services Research, 2004 Oct 39(5): 1509-1526.
Statehealthfacts.org is a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and is designed to provide free, up-to-date, and easy-to-use health data on all 50 states. Statehealthfacts.org provides data on more than 500 health topics.
Includes reports on immigration and migration.
The Office of Immigration Statistics (OIS), within the Office of Policy of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is responsible for developing, analyzing, and disseminating statistical information needed to assess the effects of immigration in the United States.
"This paper explores various methodological issues relating to immigrant health, including the definition of an immigrant, the
assessment of immigrant status, and sampling and recruitment strategies for studies relating to immigrant health."
assessment of immigrant status, and sampling and recruitment strategies for studies relating to immigrant health."
This report presents national prevalence estimates of selected measures of physical health status and limitations, health care access and utilization, and mental health status among the civilian noninstitutionalized population of U.S.and
foreign-born adults aged 18 years and over in four race-ethnicity groups in the United States. Reference section might be helpful for identifying additional data sources.
foreign-born adults aged 18 years and over in four race-ethnicity groups in the United States. Reference section might be helpful for identifying additional data sources.
The National Healthcare Disparities Report, developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), is the first national comprehensive effort to measure differences in access and use of health care services by various populations. The report includes a broad set of perfomance measures that can serve as baseline views of differences in the use of services.
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IncludesIncome, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States.
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"Founded in 2001, the Pew Hispanic Center is a nonpartisan research organization supported by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Its mission is to improve understanding of the U.S. Hispanic population and to chronicle Latinos' growing impact on the entire nation."
Hispanics and the future of America / Marta Tienda and Faith Mitchell, editors ; Panel on Hispanics in the United States [and] Committee on Population, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. [0309100518 ] Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2006.
Call#: Van Pelt Library E184.S75 H593 2006. Includes a chapter on the health status and health behaviors of Hispanics, as well as a chapter on access to and quality of health care.
Call#: Van Pelt Library E184.S75 H593 2006. Includes a chapter on the health status and health behaviors of Hispanics, as well as a chapter on access to and quality of health care.
The actual cost of providing social services to illegal immigrants is hard to determine. John Rabe of member station KPCC reports on how much taxpayers spend on health care and education for undocumented aliens.