Limited Access to Healthcare among Hispanics in the US-Mexico Border Region.

Minghui Shen; Yunwei Gai; Li Feng

The article discusses research which indicates that Hispanic American residents living in the U.S.-Mexico border region have less access to healthcare than their inland counterparts, and it mentions the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey and the Area Health Resources File (AHRF) information database. The U.S. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is addressed, along with the claim that many people in U.S.-Mexico border counties do not have health insurance.

MEXICAN-American Border Region; UNITED States; SOUTHWESTERN United States; HEALTH services accessibility; MEDICAL care of Hispanic Americans; HEALTH insurance; PATIENT Protection & Affordable Care Act; BEHAVIORAL Risk Factor Surveillance System (Organization); HEALTH surveys; TWENTY-first century; SOCIAL history; U.S. states; CONFIDENCE intervals; HEALTH status indicators; HISPANIC Americans; INSURANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ODDS ratio

American Journal of Health Behavior, 2016, Vol 40, Issue 5, p624

1087-3244

Academic Journal

10.5993/AJHB.40.5.9