Comparison of Use of Health Care Services and Spending for Unauthorized Immigrants vs Authorized Immigrants or US Citizens Using a Machine Learning Model.

Journal: JAMA network open

PMID: 33306118

Abstract

IMPORTANCE: Knowledge about use of health care services (health care utilization) and expenditures among unauthorized immigrant populations is uncertain because of limitations in ascertaining legal status in population data.

Authors

Fernando A Wilson

Matheson Center for Health Care Studies, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.
Leah Zallman

Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
José A Pagán

Department of Public Health Policy and Management, School of Global Public Health, New York University, New York City.
Alexander N Ortega

Department of Health Management and Policy, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Yang Wang

Department of General Surgery The First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, The Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology Kunming China.
Moosa Tatar

Matheson Center for Health Care Studies, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.
Jim P Stimpson

Department of Health Management and Policy, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Keywords

Cross-Sectional Studies Data Collection Databases, Factual Emigrants and Immigrants Family Characteristics Female Health Expenditures Humans Los Angeles Machine Learning Male Middle Aged Minority Health Patient Acceptance of Health Care Population Groups Undocumented Immigrants

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Comparison of Use of Health Care Services and Spending for Unauthorized Immigrants vs Authorized Immigrants or US Citizens Using a Machine Learning Model.

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