This article develops a comparative analysis of healthcare provision to migrants in the US and in China. It proceeds in three parts. First, we begin by describing the growth of the unauthorized population and trace the evolution of social provision of healthcare to immigrants, highlighting the ...
But the U.S. immigration system stops many of those skilled migrants from coming to the U.S. and also force healthcare workers to leave the country when their temporary immigration status expires. Democrats say one in four doctors and one in six nurses are immigrants, which is why they wan...
United States (US) in the last quarter century has experienced a wave of immigrants who need to be understood at least from three interrelated perspectives: i) cultural, as most of the immigrants in this period are from non-European nations and join the expanding groups of minorities; ii) th...
The paucity of knowledge regarding the healthcare experiences and needs of African immigrants in the U.S. due to two main factors: the absence of research or funding on immigrant health focused on this population [11], and the view that all black populations in the U.S. are the same [12...
Irregular migrants are ‘foreign nationals who do not comply with immigration law requirements.’ They carry the more familiar label of ‘illegal immigrants’ in everyday parlance. That term is avoided here partly because of its (largely erroneous) associations with criminality, but primarily because...
However, because so many immigrants are uninsured, they have less access to primary care. That means that preventable illnesses are more likely to end up requiring expensive treatment in hospitals. As a result, we all end up paying for the care of uninsured immigrants, just in ways that are...
Emigrants and immigrants Health personnel Occupational health Working conditions 1. Introduction Immigrant healthcare workers in the United States (U.S.) increased by approximately 4.5 million between 2007 and 2021, accounting for 16.5% of the healthcare workforce [1]. This work sector has undergone...
For interviewees who received first-time services from an ambulatory general practice, the way in which they were referred to and their first experience with an ambulatory GP could influence their adherence to care. Conclusions The conditions of transition from SPHCs to common ambulatory general ...
for immigrants faced the biggest funding cutbacks. Because of administrative delays, refugees and refugee claimants in Quebec found themselves uninsured despite having the right to participate in the Interim Federal Health Programme [47]. Similar challenges was also found in the US. In order to be...
To explore the factors related to healthcare utilization (both inpatient and outpatient services) among foreign beneficiaries of the National Health Insurance (NHI) in Korea. Participants The total foreign beneficiaries of the NHI in Korea 2022 were included (n = 1,386,329). Variables For th...