TY - JOUR
T1 - IV. Health care utilization barriers among Mexican Americans
T2 - Evidence from HHANES 1982-84
AU - Estrada, A. L.
AU - Trevino, F. M.
AU - Ray, L. A.
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - Data from the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HHANES) conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics in 1982-1984 were analyzed to document the type of barriers encountered which prevented Mexican Americans from obtaining health care, the sociodemographic subgroups most vulnerable to such barriers, and to examine the combined effects of predisposing, enabling, and need characteristics on these barriers. The findings suggest, in general, that low income groups, younger age groups, the less acculturated, those who lack health insurance coverage, those with functional limitations, and those in poorer perceived health status encounter more barriers than others, and are prevented by these barriers from obtaining health care for themselves.
AB - Data from the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HHANES) conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics in 1982-1984 were analyzed to document the type of barriers encountered which prevented Mexican Americans from obtaining health care, the sociodemographic subgroups most vulnerable to such barriers, and to examine the combined effects of predisposing, enabling, and need characteristics on these barriers. The findings suggest, in general, that low income groups, younger age groups, the less acculturated, those who lack health insurance coverage, those with functional limitations, and those in poorer perceived health status encounter more barriers than others, and are prevented by these barriers from obtaining health care for themselves.
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U2 - 10.2105/ajph.80.suppl.27
DO - 10.2105/ajph.80.suppl.27
M3 - Article
C2 - 9187578
AN - SCOPUS:0025225283
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 80
SP - 27
EP - 31
JO - American journal of public health
JF - American journal of public health
IS - SUPPL.
ER -