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ReviewPrimary care2017

Medical Care for Undocumented Immigrants: National and International Issues.

Teresa L Beck, Thien-Kim Le, Queen Henry-Okafor, Megha K Shah

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Review in Primary care, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Healthcare Services for Undocumented Migrants: Organisation and Costs from the Italian NHS Perspective.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  13. Modeling COVID-19 and Its Impacts on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Detention Facilities, 2020.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2020
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  14. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Serious Psychological Distress Among Those With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Teresa L BeckEmory Family Medicine Residency Program, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, 4500 N. Shallowford Rd, Suite B, Dunwoody, GA 30338, USA. Electronic address: tbeck@emory.edu.
Thien-Kim LeEmory Family Medicine Residency Program, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, 4500 N. Shallowford Rd, Suite B, Dunwoody, GA 30338, USA.
Queen Henry-OkaforFamily Nurse Practitioner Program, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, TN, USA.
Megha K ShahEmory Family Medicine Residency Program, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, 4500 N. Shallowford Rd, Suite B, Dunwoody, GA 30338, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The number of undocumented immigrants (UIs) varies worldwide, and most reside in the United States. With more than 12 million UIs in the United States, addressing the health care needs of this population presents unique challenges and opportunities. Most UIs are uninsured and rely on the safety-net health system for their care. Because of young age, this population is often considered to be healthier than the overall US population, but they have specific health conditions and risks. Adequate coverage is lacking; however, there are examples of how to better address the health care needs of UIs.

Indexed as

Health Services AccessibilityUndocumented ImmigrantsCaliforniaDelivery of Health CareEuropeGlobal HealthHealth PolicyHumansInsurance, HealthPreventive MedicinePrimary Health CareUnited StatesAccess to careHealth careMedical careUndocumented immigrants

Identifiers

PMID28164824
PMCPMC7112294

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