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ArticleBMJ case reports2018

The illness experience of an undocumented immigrant in the USA.

Jared G Blommel, Andres R Chacon, Stuart J Bagatell

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jared G BlommelUniversity of Miami/JFK Medical Center Palm Beach Regional GME Consortium, The Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA.
Andres R ChaconUniversity of Miami/JFK Medical Center Palm Beach Regional GME Consortium, The Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA.
Stuart J BagatellUniversity of Miami/JFK Medical Center Palm Beach Regional GME Consortium, The Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA.
John F. Kennedy Medical Center · USUniversity of Miami · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Approximately 11 million people living and working in the USA do so without documentation. This group represents a disenfranchised minority with adverse experiences and unique comorbidities that faces significant obstacles to receiving healthcare, including fear of deportation, language barriers, financial barriers and difficulty navigating an inconsistent and fragmented system. Healthcare is therefore often sought once symptoms have become critical, which can lead to more severe disease processes and multiple new diagnoses at presentation even in previously healthy patients. Here we present the case of a previously healthy 32-year-old undocumented immigrant who presented to a South Florida hospital with abdominal pain, diarrhoea and leg pain. He was diagnosed with both diabetes mellitus and chronic myelogenous leukaemia after a prolonged 20-day hospital stay. Culturally sensitive providers and dedicated staff play a major role in connecting patients to outpatient care after an acute illness, which most often occurs at charity clinics.

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Minority GroupsUndocumented ImmigrantsAdultDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FloridaHumansLeukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL PositiveMalediabetesglobal healthmigration and healthprimary care

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PMID30323100
PMCPMC6194386
OpenAlexW2897167793

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