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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Sociodemographic Characteristics and Inadequate Usual Sources of Healthcare in a National Sample of US Refugees.

Kyle J Baumann, Tilahun Adera

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Kyle J BaumannDivision of Epidemiology, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA 23298, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4168-4782
Tilahun AderaDivision of Epidemiology, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA 23298, USA.

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introductionRefugees resettled into the United States (US) face challenges in accessing adequate healthcare. Knowledge of demographic and social characteristics related to healthcare access among refugees is scarce. This study examines potential sociodemographic predictors of inadequate usual sources of care (USCs)-one key component of healthcare access-within the US refugee population.

methodsThe 2016 Annual Survey of Refugees (ASR) involving 4037 refugees resettled into the US served as the data source for this study. Inadequate USC was defined as a USC that was neither a private healthcare provider nor a health clinic. We used multiple binary logistic regression methods to identify sociodemographic predictors of inadequate USCs. In addition, we used multinomial logistic regression to further assess predictors of inadequate USCs with a particular focus on severely deficit USCs (i.e., emergency department dependence and USC absence).

resultsRefugees with interrupted healthcare coverage were more likely to have an inadequate USC. Refugees who were young (age 10-19), resettled into the western region of the US, and highly educated were less likely to have an inadequate USC. Refugees with an education level higher than secondary had a significantly lower likelihood of having a severely deficient USC, while refugees with interrupted healthcare were more than twice as likely to have a severely deficient USC.

conclusionsConsidering these results alongside our previous healthcare coverage findings provides a more comprehensive understanding of sociodemographic predictors of poor healthcare access among refugees resettled into the US. This improved understanding has the potential to assist early refugee contacts toward more effective healthcare resource allocation and aid policymakers attempting to improve programs linked to refugee healthcare access.

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RefugeesAdolescentAdultChildEmergency Service, HospitalHealth Services AccessibilityHumansUnited StatesYoung Adulthealthcare accesshealth insurance coveragerefugeeusual source of care

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