Severity of Inpatient Hospitalizations Among Undocumented Immigrants and Medi-Cal Patients in a Los Angeles, California, Hospital: 2019.

Annie Ro, Helen W Yang, Senxi Du, Courtney L Hanlon, Andrew Shane Young

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Article in American journal of public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in

3citing papers in PubMed

0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field

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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

Including Undocumented Immigrants in Health Research-A Narrative Review of Barriers, Effective Approaches, and Best Practices in the United States.Health science reports · 2025
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Comparing imputation approaches for immigration status in ED visits: Implications for using electronic medical records.Health services research · 2025
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Undocumented Patients with Access to Primary Care and Avoidable Emergency Department Visits: Evidence from a Safety-Net System.Journal of health care for the poor and underserved · 2025
Article

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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New Directions for Public Health Research on the Health and Health Care of Undocumented Immigrants.2021

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Annie RoAnnie Ro is with the Department of Health, Society, and Behavior at the University of California, Irvine. At the time the study was conducted, Helen W. Yang was a chief resident in Internal Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles. Senxi Du is a medical student at the Keck School of Medicine of Medicine. Courtney L. Hanlon is with the Los Angeles County and USC Medical Center, Los Angeles. Andrew Shane Young is with the Division of Geriatric, Hospital, Palliative, and General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine.

Helen W YangAnnie Ro is with the Department of Health, Society, and Behavior at the University of California, Irvine. At the time the study was conducted, Helen W. Yang was a chief resident in Internal Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles. Senxi Du is a medical student at the Keck School of Medicine of Medicine. Courtney L. Hanlon is with the Los Angeles County and USC Medical Center, Los Angeles. Andrew Shane Young is with the Division of Geriatric, Hospital, Palliative, and General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine.

Senxi DuAnnie Ro is with the Department of Health, Society, and Behavior at the University of California, Irvine. At the time the study was conducted, Helen W. Yang was a chief resident in Internal Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles. Senxi Du is a medical student at the Keck School of Medicine of Medicine. Courtney L. Hanlon is with the Los Angeles County and USC Medical Center, Los Angeles. Andrew Shane Young is with the Division of Geriatric, Hospital, Palliative, and General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine.

Courtney L HanlonAnnie Ro is with the Department of Health, Society, and Behavior at the University of California, Irvine. At the time the study was conducted, Helen W. Yang was a chief resident in Internal Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles. Senxi Du is a medical student at the Keck School of Medicine of Medicine. Courtney L. Hanlon is with the Los Angeles County and USC Medical Center, Los Angeles. Andrew Shane Young is with the Division of Geriatric, Hospital, Palliative, and General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine.

Andrew Shane YoungAnnie Ro is with the Department of Health, Society, and Behavior at the University of California, Irvine. At the time the study was conducted, Helen W. Yang was a chief resident in Internal Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles. Senxi Du is a medical student at the Keck School of Medicine of Medicine. Courtney L. Hanlon is with the Los Angeles County and USC Medical Center, Los Angeles. Andrew Shane Young is with the Division of Geriatric, Hospital, Palliative, and General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine.

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Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Undocumented ImmigrantsAdolescentAdultAgedFemaleHealth Services AccessibilityHealth Services Needs and DemandHospitalizationHumansInsurance CoverageLength of StayLos AngelesMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesRisk Factors

Identifiers

PMID34648382

DOI10.2105/AJPH.2021.306485

PMCPMC8630503

OpenAlexW3207691643

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