- Title
- Health care use by Hispanic adults: financial vs. non-financial determinants.
- First Author
- Schur, Claudia L
- Date of Pub
- 1995 Winter
- Pages
- 71-88
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 2
- Other Authors
- Albers, Leigh A; Berk, Marc L
- Abstract
- The purpose of this article is to assess the relative effects of financial and cultural factors, namely language spoken, on health care use by Hispanic adults. Using a national sample, we examine the determinants of having a usual source of care (USOC), use of physician visits, and likelihood of having blood pressure checked. Multivariate analysis reveals the following: Monolingual Spanish speakers were not significantly different from English speakers for the three dependent variables; having private insurance or Medicaid was positively related to all three dependent variables. We conclude that financial factors primarily insurance--remain as the paramount barriers to care.
- Abstract Continued
- N/A
- MeSH
- Adult : Aged : Blood Pressure : Health Care Costs : Health Services Accessibility/economics/statistics & numerical data : Health Services Research : Health Services/utilization : Hispanic Americans/statistics & numerical data : Human : Hypertension/diagnosis : Insurance, Health/utilization : Language : Likelihood Functions : Medicaid/utilization : Medicare/utilization : Middle Age : Office Visits/statistics & numerical data : Patient Acceptance of Health Care/statistics & numerical data : Socioeconomic Factors : Support, Non-U.S. Gov't : United States
- NTIS Number
- PB96-172663
